From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:29:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <48BD642C.5050405@gmail.com> <48BD74D5.4050800@gnu.org> <48BD80C0.80707@gmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220460491 26661 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2008 16:48:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 16:48:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org, 865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 03 18:49:05 2008 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 1KavXL-0004hm-5i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:48:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47958 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KavWL-0005v8-Vp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KavW6-0005hd-Vx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KavW3-0005bQ-2n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39315 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KavW2-0005bA-Ub for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:44929) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KavW1-0000Xg-Ui for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m83GlUPQ023298; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:47:31 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m83GZ53P018648; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:35:05 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 865 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 865-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B865.122045935216690 (code B ref 865); Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:35:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 865) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Sep 2008 16:29:12 +0000 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca (chene.dit.umontreal.ca [132.204.246.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m83GT21B016684 for <865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 09:29:06 -0700 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-121.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.121]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m83GT155006590; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 084451C971; Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:29:00 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <48BD80C0.80707@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:06:56 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3095=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:36 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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:20094 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:22950 Archived-At: > I can see what you want to achieve, but why not just check with > file-writeable-p here? Is not that more correct? The purpose of the check is not to make sure we can make the server work, but that it is safe to do so. I.e. it doesn't check that we have write access, but that nobody else does. Stefan