Subject: bug#77678: 31.0.50; Infloop in multi-isearch-read-files

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:42:38 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi,

>> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>> > What method did you have in mind?
>>
>> `expand-file-name' both arguments?  I dunno whether this suffices when
>> Tramp comes into play, though.
>
> expand-file-name is a good starting point, yes.  If that's not enough,
> then comparing the results with file-equal-p should do.  (If even that
> doesn't work in all cases, there's probably more here than meets the
> eye.)

file-equal-p uses file-truename which should be OK. Also from the Tramp POV.

Best regards, Michael.