In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 on Arch Linux, I encountered a permission issue

when trying to delete a file with elevated privileges using `eshell/rm`

in combination with `delete-by-moving-to-trash` enabled. This suggests

that the deletion process is not fully "TRAMP aware."

 

Steps to reproduce:

 

1. emacs -Q

2. ~ $ (setq delete-by-moving-to-trash t)

t

3. ~ $ (require 'em-tramp)

em-tramp

4. ~ $ eshell/sudo touch /etc/bugtestfile

5. ~ $ eshell/sudo rm /etc/bugtestfile

Cannot move /etc/bugtestfile to trash: Permission denied

 

 

Expected behavior:

 

I expect emacs to handle this situation by using /root/.local/share/Trash

instead of /home/username/.local/share/Trash.

 

 

This is the backtrace:

 

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Cannot move /etc/bugtestfile to trash: Permission denied")

error("Cannot move %s to trash: Permission denied" "/etc/bugtestfile")

move-file-to-trash("/etc/bugtestfile")

delete-file("/etc/bugtestfile" t)

apply(delete-file ("/etc/bugtestfile" t))

eshell-exec-lisp(eshell-printn eshell-errorn delete-file ("/etc/bugtestfile" t) nil)

eshell-remove-entries(("/etc/bugtestfile") t)

eshell/rm("/etc/bugtestfile")

apply(eshell/rm "/etc/bugtestfile")

eshell-exec-lisp(eshell-print eshell-error eshell/rm ("/etc/bugtestfile") nil)

eshell-lisp-command(eshell/rm ("/etc/bugtestfile"))

eshell-plain-command("rm" ("/etc/bugtestfile"))

eshell-named-command("rm" ("/etc/bugtestfile"))

eval((eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile")))

eshell-do-eval((eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile")) nil)

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)()

funcall(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))

(let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)))

eval((let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))))

eshell-do-eval((let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile"))) nil)

eshell-do-eval((let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile"))) nil)

eshell-do-eval((unwind-protect (let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile"))) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook)) nil)

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)()

funcall(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))

(let ((eshell-this-command-hook '(ignore))) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)))

eval((let ((eshell-this-command-hook '(ignore))) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))))

eshell-do-eval((let ((eshell-this-command-hook '(ignore))) (unwind-protect (let ((default-directory '"/sudo:root@archlinux:/home/wurfkreuz/")) (eshell-named-command '"rm" '("/etc/bugtestfile"))) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook))) nil)

(condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ((eshell-this-command-hook '(ignore))) (unwind-protect (let ((default-directory ...)) (eshell-named-command '"rm" '...)) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook))) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1)))

eval((condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ((eshell-this-command-hook '...)) (unwind-protect (let (...) (eshell-named-command ... ...)) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook))) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1))))

eshell-do-eval((condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ((eshell-this-command-hook '...)) (unwind-protect (let (...) (eshell-named-command ... ...)) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook))) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1))) nil)

eshell-do-eval((condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ((eshell-this-command-hook '...)) (unwind-protect (let (...) (eshell-named-command ... ...)) (mapc #'funcall eshell-this-command-hook))) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1))) nil)

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)()

funcall(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))

(let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil (((t) . 2) t) (((t) . 2) t)])) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)))

eval((let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ((... . 2) t) ((... . 2) t)])) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))))

eshell-do-eval((let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ((... . 2) t) ((... . 2) t)])) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ((eshell-this-command-hook ...)) (unwind-protect (let ... ...) (mapc ... eshell-this-command-hook))) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1)))) nil)

eshell-do-eval((progn (let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil (... t) (... t)])) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let (...) (unwind-protect ... ...)) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1))))) nil)

eshell-do-eval((unwind-protect (progn (let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ... ...])) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '(let ... ...) nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn (error-message-string err)) (eshell-close-handles 1))))) (run-hooks 'eshell-post-command-hook)) nil)

eshell-do-eval((progn 'nil (unwind-protect (progn (let ((eshell-current-handles '...)) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval '... nil) ((debug error) (eshell-errorn ...) (eshell-close-handles 1))))) (run-hooks 'eshell-post-command-hook))) nil)

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)()

funcall(#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))

(let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil (((t) . 2) t) (((t) . 2) t)]) (eshell-current-subjob-p 'nil)) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>)))

eval((let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ((... . 2) t) ((... . 2) t)]) (eshell-current-subjob-p 'nil)) (funcall '#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x165b8ffb2c8bf0d6>))))

eshell-do-eval((let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ((... . 2) t) ((... . 2) t)]) eshell-current-subjob-p) (progn 'nil (unwind-protect (progn (let ((eshell-current-handles ...)) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval ... nil) (... ... ...)))) (run-hooks 'eshell-post-command-hook)))))

eshell-resume-eval((nil (let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil (... t) (... t)]) eshell-current-subjob-p) (progn 'nil (unwind-protect (progn (let (...) (condition-case err ... ...))) (run-hooks 'eshell-post-command-hook)))) nil))

eshell-eval-command((let ((eshell-current-handles '[nil ((... . 2) t) ((... . 2) t)]) eshell-current-subjob-p) (progn 'nil (unwind-protect (progn (let ((eshell-current-handles ...)) (condition-case err (eshell-do-eval ... nil) (... ... ...)))) (run-hooks 'eshell-post-command-hook)))) "eshell/sudo rm /etc/bugtestfile")

eshell-send-input(nil)

funcall-interactively(eshell-send-input nil)

command-execute(eshell-send-input)

recursive-edit()

debug(error (void-variable delete-by-moving-to) :backtrace-base eval-expression--debug)

eval-expression--debug((void-variable delete-by-moving-to))

eval(delete-by-moving-to nil)

elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)

#f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0xa85ef2ba986a>)()

eval-last-sexp(nil)

funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)

command-execute(eval-last-sexp)

 

 

In GNU Emacs 30.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version

3.24.41, cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-04-14 built on archlinux

Repository revision: 7add47337b62064998a5b80f357acc39b1253e98

Repository branch: master

Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12302006

System Description: Arch Linux

 

Configured using:

'configure --with-native-compilation=aot --with-tree-sitter --with-gif

--with-png --with-jpeg --with-rsvg --with-tiff --with-imagemagick

--with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --with-xwidgets

CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/homebrew/opt/jpeg/include

LDFLAGS=-L/opt/homebrew/opt/jpeg/lib'

 

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