From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:53:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87booiu43h.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <87pqd3i8ky.fsf@gmail.com> <87ipiuvsbw.fsf@gmx.de> <87k439gyu5.fsf@gmail.com> <87fwdwhizm.fsf@gmail.com> <87bookhfcn.fsf@gmail.com> <87aa44o7qo.fsf@gmail.com> <87ty2c490n.fsf@gmail.com> <87r4xgkt2b.fsf@gmail.com> <87obskum9i.fsf@gmx.de> <874nuc9bao.fsf@gmail.com> <874nubzdsu.fsf@gmail.com> <87zkc3xwdn.fsf@gmail.com> <87k437o1hm.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330468948 9132 80.91.229.3 (28 Feb 2012 22:42:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:42:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 28 23:42:26 2012 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 1S2VkX-0004I2-0M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:42:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43156 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VkW-0001Mx-2r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:42:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VkS-0001MJ-GF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:42:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VkP-0006oN-Jh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:42:20 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47942) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VkP-0006oH-G6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:42:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VkA-0001XH-76 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10489 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 10489-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10489.13304688645839 (code B ref 10489); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Feb 2012 22:41:04 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54774 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2VjD-0001Vh-P9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:41:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:40229) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Vj1-0001VD-MC for 10489@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:40:52 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 28 Feb 2012 19:53:49 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB9CC6.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.156.198] by mail.gmx.net (mp029) with SMTP; 28 Feb 2012 20:53:49 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+HaKZE0DSHvKcJFC7hI6ZELQxDqFO+FdoLoCwZN9 0kbffAiADTOxmZ In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:29:47 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:57373 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> `files-equal-p' still returns t for two non-existing files. Shall be >> fixed too. > > I don't see why that should be fixed: files-equal-p only works for > existing files. If one or both of the files don't exist, the return > value is unspecified. Oh, yes, the doc needs to be fixed to say it clearly. Why is this better than returning nil (which is easy to achieve)? Because it doesn't matter? > Stefan Best regards, Michael.