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

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 8035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, spucci <slpnabble <at> blackberry-hill.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:04:28 +0200

Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:

> On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
>
>> But...  this does mean that `file-exists-p' and friends are unreliable
>> in the presence of symlinks,
>
> This is not true.  It is consistent with all other file handling
> functions in Emacs.

I don't see a contradiction between `file-exists-p' being unreliable
and being consistent with all other file handling functions in Emacs.

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