GNU bug report logs - #74208
31.0.50; minibuffer read-file-name-default mutates global value of default-directory incorrectly

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Reported by: Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 02:10:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>
Cc: 74208 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#74208: 31.0.50; minibuffer read-file-name-default mutates global value of default-directory incorrectly
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 20:27:56 +0200

> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 22:53:57 +0530 (IST)
> From: Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>
> 
> *  Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> <8634izk7ky.fsf <at> gnu.org>
> Wrote on Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:20:45 +0200
> > Ping! Do we want to do anything about this issue?
> 
> is "Keep it open" an option? :)

That is not a valid interpretation of "do something", not in my book.

> (let ((default-directory "https://www.gnu.org/"))
>   (unhandled-file-name-directory default-directory))
> => "https://www.gnu.org/"

Which is why I asked what, if anything, do we want to do about it.
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