From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877g7k1zij.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395617703 499 80.91.229.3 (23 Mar 2014 23:35:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:35:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17073@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 00:35:09 2014 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 1WRrv2-0003bl-6b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:35:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33859 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrv1-00059l-Oe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:35:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58554) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrux-00056e-SC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:35:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrux-0005uN-5S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45229) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrux-0005tT-1w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:35:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRruw-0007VX-Hp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:35:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:35:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17073-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17073.139561766328786 (code B ref 17073); Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:35:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17073) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Mar 2014 23:34:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46411 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRruI-0007UD-Ot for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:23 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:52603) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WRruF-0007U3-Hy for 17073@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:20 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRruE-0003SQ-M6; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:34:18 -0400 X-Spook: mailbomb Ansar al-Islam sweep Ft. Knox Treasury DRM X-Ran: |&=sHZ^!Ja$j0&qrOqbqB)OR,B/PAx`#d{[R;~cde!33'fwu^%`91ejePF78e%h (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sun, 23 Mar 2014 20:33:08 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:87270 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen wrote: > the doc of `file-symlink-p' says: > > This function returns t when given the name of a symlink that > points to a nonexistent file. > > But this is not the case here. Instead, it returns the resolved file > name, which is a nonexisting file. Then I guess it means t in the sense of non-nil.