From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Heerdegen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:33:08 +0100 Message-ID: <877g7k1zij.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395603252 20708 80.91.229.3 (23 Mar 2014 19:34:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:12 +0000 (UTC) To: 17073@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 23 20:34:21 2014 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 1WRoA0-0004Gv-T3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:34:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33169 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRoA0-000703-HP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49578) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9r-0006x1-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:34:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9k-00085A-4L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45001) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9k-000853-1P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:34:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9j-0006zB-K1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:34:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Heerdegen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 17073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.139560323926821 (code B ref -1); Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Mar 2014 19:33:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46181 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9e-0006yW-CY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47815) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9c-0006yO-7i for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9V-0007zl-38 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:56 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:51994) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9U-0007zh-WE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49530) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9O-0006bX-Q5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9I-0007z7-H4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.web.de ([212.227.17.12]:59277) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRo9I-0007y8-6h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:33:36 -0400 Original-Received: from drachen.dragon ([90.187.94.104]) by smtp.web.de (mrweb103) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MIeYe-1WPcHs1SAq-002DHL for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:33:34 +0100 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:AxVK5ymCCg9LgcUapKkqf2vG2BcvspAURH/WYMWs3OuTaUmxHeB OZypz2H3TC/SmzwXc38IJODE+KlLiWqUxxdvj3lPYT2SChwMs5zZAkRR1KErHB6UPiDADru HiLun51Q/zLLHdCwi/dVmqkxQhNt/fpfuN1JovIdXlgzkZWn18zUKLMYJECV+OfJoSYF3Il pTwC/LWV/268Ycdslhjcw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:87249 Archived-At: Hello, the doc of `file-symlink-p' says: This function returns t when given the name of a symlink that points to a nonexistent file. But this is not the case here. Instead, it returns the resolved file name, which is a nonexisting file. This is with emacs -Q, and with all Emacs versions I tried, which were 23, 24 that come with Debian testing, and a recent built from trunk. Tested on Debian testing. Thanks, Michael. In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.7) of 2014-03-14 on drachen Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11500000 System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (jessie)