bug#29579: 26.0.90; file-name-non-special does not handle operations with two args properly

bug#29579: 26.0.90; file-name-non-special does not handle operations with two args properly

[Michael Albinus]

# There's no /tmp/foo nor /tmp/bar
ls /tmp/foo /tmp/bar
ls: cannot access '/tmp/foo': No such file or directory
ls: cannot access '/tmp/bar': No such file or directory

# Create /tmp/foo
mkdir /tmp/foo

# Run the test
emacs -Q -batch --eval '(copy-directory "/:/tmp/foo" "/:/tmp/bar")'
Creating directory: No such file or directory, /:/tmp/bar

# Run a similar test
emacs -Q -batch --eval '(copy-directory "/:/tmp/foo" "/ssh::/tmp/bar")'
Creating directory: No such file or directory, /ssh::/tmp/bar

The problem is, that `file-name-non-special', responsible for the first
argument "/:/tmp/foo", binds `file-name-handler-alist' to nil. The second
argument is handled literally. This happens for all operations, which
offer more than one file name argument.


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bug#29579: 26.0.90; file-name-non-special does not handle operations with two args properly

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> The problem is, that `file-name-non-special', responsible for the first
> argument "/:/tmp/foo", binds `file-name-handler-alist' to nil. The second
> argument is handled literally. This happens for all operations, which
> offer more than one file name argument.

I could fix it in `file-name-non-special', committed to the emacs-26
branch. Closing the bug.

Best regards, Michael.