From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18836: 25.0.50; `insert-directory' barfs on nonexistent file, but not for `ls-lisp-insert-directory' Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 18:39:59 +0300 Message-ID: <831t5np0kw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8760uzp2lo.fsf@gnus.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462030903 26694 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 15:41:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:41:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18836@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 17:41:32 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awX1O-0006MU-9P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:41:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58814 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX1K-0001O4-8b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:41:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX1B-0001Ai-J5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:41:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX0z-00014K-W8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:41:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45635) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX0z-00013D-SY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:41:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awX0w-0005f1-GZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:41:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:41:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18836 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18836-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18836.146203083021708 (code B ref 18836); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:41:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18836) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 15:40:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57971 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awX0N-0005e1-5m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:40:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41536) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awX0I-0005dm-TL for 18836@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:40:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX04-0000oj-8G for 18836@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:40:14 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59512) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awX04-0000kY-4o; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1808 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1awWzy-0007on-0G; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:40:02 -0400 In-reply-to: <8760uzp2lo.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:56:19 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117352 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 16:56:19 +0200 > Cc: 18836@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Would it be possible to make vanilla `insert-directory' more tolerant, > > i.e., make it act like `ls-lisp-insert-directory', in this respect? > > I have no opinion on that, but: What on Earth is that function (and all > its adjacent functions) doing in files.el? Where else would you like them to be? > (insert-directory "." "-l") > => > drwxrwxr-x 22 larsi larsi 4096 april 30 16:49 . > > This doesn't seem like a very ... useful general function. Then how come dired.el calls it?