From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:33:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd38xyrsi.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871updil1j.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:52:56 +0100")
>>> Maybe we could change the entry in files.texi like this:
>> [...]
>>> @defun file-equal-p file1 file2
>>> This function returns @code{t} if the files @var{file1} and
>>> ! @var{file2} name the same file. If @var{file1} or @var{file2} does
>>> ! not exist, the return value is unspecified.
>>
>> That looks good.
> What can be done also is to return a string in this case.
> So possible return values could be e.g:
> "unspecified" => mean one of the files doesn't exists.
> nil => files exist and are not equal
> t => files exist and are equal.
No, we may decide in the future to return a particular value (maybe not
always the same one), but we don't know yet what might be useful, so
instead we say it's not specified.
Stefan
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2012-01-12 19:35 bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Michael Heerdegen
2012-01-12 21:33 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 7:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-13 8:38 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 10:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-13 11:19 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 12:01 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 12:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-13 13:01 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 13:11 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 13:13 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 13:18 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 13:32 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 13:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 14:06 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 14:44 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 15:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 15:17 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 15:29 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 16:59 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 9:38 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 9:49 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 11:00 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 12:48 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 13:55 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 14:14 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 15:06 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-01-13 15:14 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 18:43 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 18:57 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 19:11 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 19:21 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 19:35 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 20:56 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 18:59 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 19:04 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-13 19:17 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-14 8:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-14 10:25 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-15 12:50 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-15 17:20 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-15 17:31 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-15 18:24 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-15 19:09 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-15 19:49 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-15 21:01 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-16 8:58 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-16 13:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-16 14:13 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-16 15:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-16 15:27 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-16 21:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-21 16:53 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-21 17:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-21 19:46 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-21 20:58 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-21 22:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-22 21:37 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-22 22:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-23 6:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-23 16:01 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-23 17:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-23 22:10 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 5:37 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 7:16 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 9:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 9:49 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 12:18 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 12:54 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 13:36 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 15:00 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 14:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 15:19 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 19:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 20:35 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-25 6:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-27 8:39 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 14:45 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 15:23 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 14:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 14:50 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 15:26 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 15:52 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 16:17 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 16:02 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 16:15 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-24 16:25 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 16:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-24 17:04 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 16:21 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 17:23 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 18:43 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 20:06 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-24 20:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-24 20:33 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-24 21:54 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-25 8:56 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-25 9:08 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-26 9:48 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-26 19:48 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-26 21:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 6:45 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 7:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 8:04 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 10:34 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 11:06 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 11:10 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 11:34 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 13:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 14:59 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 17:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 18:34 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 19:08 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 19:33 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 19:49 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 21:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 22:11 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-28 6:12 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-28 7:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-28 7:34 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-28 8:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-28 8:31 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-28 9:34 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-28 10:15 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-28 19:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-28 19:53 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-29 2:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-29 11:04 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-29 16:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-29 17:52 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-03-01 2:33 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-03-01 8:37 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 10:40 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 11:03 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 11:29 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-27 14:19 ` Drew Adams
2012-02-27 13:54 ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-27 15:15 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-25 7:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-25 9:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-25 13:05 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-25 15:36 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-25 15:53 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-02-25 22:41 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-26 9:21 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-26 21:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-27 8:19 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-27 10:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-25 13:03 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-25 14:35 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-02-25 14:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2012-02-21 19:43 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-21 21:03 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-16 14:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-01-16 19:14 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-17 6:06 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-21 13:01 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-21 16:02 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 19:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-13 22:51 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-14 1:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-14 8:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-14 14:19 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-01-14 15:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-15 5:59 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-15 12:40 ` Michael Albinus
2012-01-15 17:28 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2012-01-13 15:31 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 15:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-01-13 16:56 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-15 18:42 ` Drew Adams
2012-01-13 10:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-03-22 2:18 ` Michael Heerdegen
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