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#23743: 24.5; Opening output file: invalid argument, .../foo-<-4-n.el Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 15:48:53 +0300 Message-ID: <83lh1y7lmy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83d1noq30o.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1466513440 23537 80.91.229.3 (21 Jun 2016 12:50:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23743@debbugs.gnu.org To: Noam Postavsky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 21 14:50:28 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 1bFL89-0005eN-3z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:50:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51505 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL88-00031n-Ab for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:50:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35265) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL80-00030C-3Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7y-0004pG-1p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:36399) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7x-0004pC-VM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7x-0002YP-Pv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:50:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:50:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23743 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23743-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23743.14665133969800 (code B ref 23743); Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:50:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23743) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jun 2016 12:49:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48736 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7s-0002Xz-AF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:49:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44208) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7q-0002Xl-4q for 23743@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:49:54 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7h-0004lU-U9 for 23743@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:49:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43529) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7h-0004lO-RN; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:49:45 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4725 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bFL7f-0000VY-W9; Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:49:44 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Noam Postavsky on Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:15:07 -0400) 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:119871 Archived-At: > From: Noam Postavsky > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 23:15:07 -0400 > Cc: Drew Adams , 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.