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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 23743@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:48:53 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lh1y7lmy.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-8zXHvtKeVgfwO=SPCxUkqkFuWmWK+wnkmOxEd7wiu7-Q@mail.gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:15:07 -0400)

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:15:07 -0400
> Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>, 23743@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Right, cf https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/177506
> 
> Is it worth blocking this sort of file name in read-file-name

No, I don't think so, because MS-Windows includes a pluggable
filesystem design, whereby any 3rd party filesystem device driver
could be added, which supports these characters in file names.  We
simply cannot know up front which filenames are invalid.

> or should we just mark this wontfix?

I think so, yes.

Thanks.





      reply	other threads:[~2016-06-21 12:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-10 17:35 bug#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el Drew Adams
2016-06-10 19:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-06-21  3:15   ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-21 12:48     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]

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