From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6397: 24.0.50; `make-directory' return value Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:12:51 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87r5keuhrk.fsf@mail.jurta.org> References: <3F4EAEC98DA7485299F2D80D33002278@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1276244909 13568 80.91.229.12 (11 Jun 2010 08:28:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6397@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 11 10:28:27 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzbG-0001hj-UD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:28:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35761 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMzbG-00071k-7O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:28:26 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35314 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OMzb8-00071Y-N3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:28:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzb7-0002o3-Gv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:28:18 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35891) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzb7-0002nz-Bo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:28:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzSA-0004M2-MP; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Juri Linkov Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6397 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6397-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6397.127624433216723 (code B ref 6397); Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6397) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jun 2010 08:18:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzRz-0004Ld-Uw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-out2.starman.ee ([85.253.0.4] helo=mx2.starman.ee) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OMzRx-0004LW-SW for 6397@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:18:50 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by Amavisd-New at mx2.starman.ee Original-Received: from mail.starman.ee (82.131.28.166.cable.starman.ee [82.131.28.166]) by mx2.starman.ee (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529D33F40B9; Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:18:44 +0300 (EEST) In-Reply-To: <3F4EAEC98DA7485299F2D80D33002278@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:49:23 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:19:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.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:37692 Archived-At: > The doc for `make-directory' doesn't mention its return value, and the > code doesn't seem to do anything special about it. There is also a related bug#6363. > I think it should return non-nil (e.g. the directory name) if the > creation succeeds and nil if it fails without error. And that should be > documented. Or if it always raises an error when it does not create a > directory, that's OK too, but that should then be documented. What should it return when the creation of some parents succeeds, and fails for the rest? -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/