GNU bug report logs - #75538
31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: kkkykin <at> foxmail.com

Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: kkkykin <at> foxmail.com
Subject: bug#75538: closed (Re: bug#75538: 31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg
 broken on ms-windows)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:25:02 +0000
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Your bug report

#75538: 31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 75538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "kkky" <kkkykin <at> foxmail.com>
Cc: 75538-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75538: 31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:24:47 +0200
> From: "kkky" <kkkykin <at> foxmail.com>
> Cc: "75538" <75538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:55:50 +0800
> 
> Ok thanks, completely solved the problem.
> 
> Because I was able to make symbolic link for the first time, I didn't expect the privilege issue. :)

Thanks, so I'm now closing this bug.

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From: kkkykin <at> foxmail.com
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 31.0.50; make-symbolic-link arg broken on ms-windows
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:52:28 +0800
Here is an example, this bug seems only on ms-windows:

(let ((tmp (make-temp-file "link-test"))
      (link (make-temp-name "link")))
  (make-symbolic-link tmp link t) ; here is ok
  ;; error occur, the third argument should suppress the error
  (make-symbolic-link tmp link t))



In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2025-01-03 built
 on fv-az1495-740
Repository revision: 299a1fbef886dba654f58a0c55b373f8b43d383b
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 10.0.22631
System Description: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (v10.0.2009.22631.4602)

Configured using:
 'configure
 --prefix=/d/a/emacs-build/emacs-build/pkg/299a1fb-ucrt-x86_64
 'CFLAGS=-O2 -fno-semantic-interposition -floop-parallelize-all
 -ftree-parallelize-loops=4 -g3 ' --disable-build-details --without-dbus
 --enable-link-time-optimization --enable-build-details
 --with-compress-install --with-small-ja-dic --with-gif --with-gnutls
 --with-harfbuzz --with-jpeg --with-json --with-lcms2 --with-mps
 --with-native-compilation --with-png --with-rsvg --with-tree-sitter
 --with-xml2 --with-xpm --with-zlib --without-cairo --without-tiff'

Configured features:
ACL GIF GMP GNUTLS HARFBUZZ JPEG LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES MPS NATIVE_COMP
NOTIFY W32NOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XPM ZLIB

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: CHS
  locale-coding-system: cp936

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  minibuffer-regexp-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  indent-tabs-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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Memory information:
((conses 24 0 0) (symbols 56 0 0) (strings 40 0 0) (string-bytes 1 0)
 (vectors 24 0) (vector-slots 8 0 0) (floats 24 0 0)
 (intervals 64 0 0) (buffers 1000 0))




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