GNU bug report logs - #8035
Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: spucci <slpnabble <at> blackberry-hill.com>

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:50:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at 8035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 8035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, slpnabble <at> blackberry-hill.com
Subject: Re: bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:03:24 +0200

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

>> I'm guessing it's calling expand-file-name here to resolve "~"?
>
> No, because we always must call expand-file-name before invoking a
> libc function that accesses files -- to support file names relative to
> their buffer's default-directory.

These are absolute file names, though.  I can understand expanding if
they're not.

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