From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5436: 23.1.91; Deleting directories causes unusable file layout in freedesktop trashcan Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:33 -0500 Message-ID: <87ockghmy6.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87ljfqkt6e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B5BC912.3050409@harpegolden.net> <87my02au2h.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B5E2A32.6010306@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264522855 13897 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2010 16:20:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:20:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tassilo Horn , 5436@debbugs.gnu.org To: David De La Harpe Golden Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 26 17:20:47 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NZo9h-0007rm-RG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:04:33 -0500 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5F7A5C05D; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:04:33 -0700 (MST) In-Reply-To: <4B5E2A32.6010306@harpegolden.net> (David De La Harpe Golden's message of "Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:33:06 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) Resent-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:05:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:34724 Archived-At: David De La Harpe Golden writes: > Just the delete-directory change _is_ a marked improvement, since it > does mean that the subsequent failure mode when you try to delete from > a different filesystem to your /home is less obnoxious: > > - Without the delete-directory change, the xdev behaviour is very bad > indeed: > > Say you have /usr/local and /home on different filesystems, as is > quite common, and you delete-directory a tree in /usr/local with > delete-by-moving-to-trash on - first, a few leaf regular files from a > dir of the tree may be moved to trash (flattened), and only a bit > later the operation will fail, when the first directory rename is > attempted. Leaving behind a (maybe large) tree that might look > untouched to casual inspection following an apparently-failed deletion > operation, but actually with a few files missing, moved to the trash. > Eek. I understand what you are saying. How about conditioning the delete-directory change on delete-by-moving-to-trash?