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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
Cc: 71258-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71258: 29.2.50; insert-file-contents has a confusing error when called on a directory
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 17:42:56 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ttigsmq7.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ierbk4ospd9.fsf@igm-qws-u22796a.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (message from Spencer Baugh on Wed, 29 May 2024 09:45:54 -0400)

> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh@janestreet.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 09:45:54 -0400
> 
> 
> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. M-: (insert-file-contents "~") RET
> 3. Observe (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") since ~ is a directory.
> 
> This is quite confusing as an error message, it should be something else
> instead.

Thanks, I installed a fix on the master branch.





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2024-05-29 13:45 bug#71258: 29.2.50; insert-file-contents has a confusing error when called on a directory Spencer Baugh
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