From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8035: Processing of .. in a file path after going thru symlink Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:19:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87zgt4rum9.fsf@igel.home> References: <30918394.post@talk.nabble.com> <877dg8yxrx.fsf@gnus.org> <875yvstaes.fsf@igel.home> <87o89kxhlv.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19279"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: 8035@debbugs.gnu.org, spucci To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 26 19:36:23 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJId-0004kQ-7H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:36:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51914 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJIc-0003iP-0k for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:36:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48416) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJ3n-0002Cu-OH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:21:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38780) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJ3m-0003BO-MW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:21:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJ3m-0000pl-GW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:21:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:21:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8035 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 8035-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8035.16299984053089 (code B ref 8035); Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8035) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Aug 2021 17:20:05 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50326 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJ2q-0000nl-Jj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:20:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:50754) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mJJ2o-0000nF-Bd for 8035@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:20:03 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GwV346Pdzz1qwGb; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:20:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4GwV343cR8z1r6PJ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:20:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c635tITtri-4; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:19:59 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: uAMVIZclcifZPF3cC866GcU8Ds7TAAOmsHJSSfKnXEkl++iSX+zECTlNynT1IuK4 Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-172-67.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.172.67]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:19:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B9B5E2C2664; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:19:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Now that I have my ``APPLE,'' I comprehend COST ACCOUNTING!! In-Reply-To: <87o89kxhlv.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:04:28 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:212744 Archived-At: On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Andreas Schwab writes: > >> On Aug 26 2021, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: >> >>> But... this does mean that `file-exists-p' and friends are unreliable >>> in the presence of symlinks, >> >> This is not true. It is consistent with all other file handling >> functions in Emacs. > > I don't see a contradiction between `file-exists-p' being unreliable > and being consistent with all other file handling functions in Emacs. It would be unreliable if it were inconsistent. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."