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: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:23:08 -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> <87r4vwqd3q.fsf@gmx.de> <87zkajsn4e.fsf@gmx.de> <87r4vvsjor.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1334075054 2987 80.91.229.3 (10 Apr 2012 16:24:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:24:14 +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 18:24:13 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 1SHdrS-0000Em-Nt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:24:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37740 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrS-0007q9-2e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34946) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrO-0007pz-NR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrM-0003Qw-Tr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52480) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrM-0003Qo-QI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdsM-0004UX-Aa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:25:02 -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 16:25:02 +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=B11194.133407505617210 (code B ref 11194); Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11194) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Apr 2012 16:24:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49018 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrc-0004TX-8X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:16 -0400 Original-Received: from chene.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.20]:51521) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SHdrZ-0004TN-7i for 11194@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:24:14 -0400 Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by chene.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q3AGN9SN007457; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:23:09 -0400 Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E8C95B40D6; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:23:08 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87r4vvsjor.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:14:28 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4188=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4188> : streams <745715> : uri <1097850> 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:58698 Archived-At: >> "sudo . .eshell/history" means "execute the commands in .eshell/history >> as user `root'". I.e. it's very different from >> ". /sudo::.eshell/history" which runs those command as the current user. > I haven't said there's only one way to do it :-) I mean we should > think about, before we disable builtins in sudo. I'm still not > convinced it is a bug. > In eshell, one must understand how file names are handled. I'd be happy to hear of arguments in favor of the current behavior of eshell/sudo w.r.t builtins. Stefan