From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:58:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <877gxrbz1p.fsf@rbdash.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> <87obr2cwtu.fsf@gmx.de> <87ehrwdbhs.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334023151 15968 80.91.229.3 (10 Apr 2012 01:59:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:59:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Cray Elliott , 11194@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 10 03:59:10 2012 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 1SHQMP-0007Ln-GX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:59:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41370 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQMO-0007ck-OW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52178) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQML-0007cf-P0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQMK-0000nd-1y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQMJ-0000nZ-Ui for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQNG-0001CK-3R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:00:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11194 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11194-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11194.13340231464520 (code B ref 11194); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2012 01:59:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47600 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQMM-0001Aq-H5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.143.162]:12991) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHQML-0001Ak-Da for 11194@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:59:05 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjEKACxOgk9sr+pC/2dsb2JhbABDtheCDAOBDIEIggkBAQQBViMQCzQSFBgNJIgcBbYyi2GEeQSkRYFdgwM X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,391,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="173015145" Original-Received: from 108-175-234-66.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([108.175.234.66]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 09 Apr 2012 21:58:06 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E3F6E589AF; Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:58:05 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ehrwdbhs.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:08:15 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:58666 Archived-At: >> While using Tramp might make sense, I think that "sudo rm -rf /foo/bar" >> is a perfectly valid command and wonder why it wouldn't work correctly. > In eshell, `sudo' is an built-in for `eshell/sudo': That does not in itself explain why it doesn't do the right thing: the intention seems fairly clear. Stefan