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#3911: get-free-disk-space when default-directory doesn't exist Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:37:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871vnclhoz.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <87bpme9dhv.fsf@blah.blah> <87my5yexy4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87r5v7xxz5.fsf@blah.blah> <877hwsbwta.fsf@blah.blah> <87fxbbo14y.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 3911@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 1251517637 4869 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2009 03:47:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:47:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , 3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 29 05:47:09 2009 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 1MhEuC-00069C-Gy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:47:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37985 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhEuB-0007iV-Rl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhEu6-0007hr-PK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MhEu1-0007hf-Bx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:47:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51621 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MhEu1-0007hc-6K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:46:57 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:60039) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MhEu0-0007mD-NA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:46:57 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n7T3krC6024142; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:46:54 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n7T3j8vW023808; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:45:08 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:45:08 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:45:08 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3911 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 3911-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3911.125151705522595 (code B ref 3911); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:45:08 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3911) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 29 Aug 2009 03:37:35 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n7T3bWDe022537 for <3911@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:37:34 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhsFAMwzmEpFpYuS/2dsb2JhbACBU9cJhBkFh2Y X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,294,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="44464680" Original-Received: from 69-165-139-146.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.139.146]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 28 Aug 2009 23:36:27 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D42877F42; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:37:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87fxbbo14y.fsf@blah.blah> (Kevin Ryde's message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:32:45 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:47:01 -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:30642 Archived-At: >> Emacs is made of such race conditions. > But this one is easy to avoid. I really don't understand why this bug > has gone on and on. What's the objection to "/"? As far as I can tell > it's smaller, faster, and certain to work. (Faster especially if > there's some nfs or ftpfs or similar involved where a system chdir may > do some evil remote query.) The objection to / is only that it doesn't work for Tramp. >> I'd like to make it work for Tramp dirs as well. > Sounds good. Tramp holds open a session doesn't it, so at least there'd > be no call-process to worry about for it. :) I don't know what you're referring to. Stefan