From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: 23.0.60; make-directory errors if the given dir already exists Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:03 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87hcfaap5f.fsf@fastmail.fm> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205417416 26839 80.91.229.12 (13 Mar 2008 14:10:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:10:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 15:10:44 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZo8F-0002xm-RK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:10:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZo7g-000336-GP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZo7b-00032u-SL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:27 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZo7a-00032G-Nb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZo7a-00032C-IO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:26 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZo7a-0000Tv-86 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JZo7a-0001Z2-2z for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZo7W-0000TJ-Tn for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.24.67]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZo7W-0000T1-K3 for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:22 -0400 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039222CF82C; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:22 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from faina.iro.umontreal.ca (faina.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.26.177]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43ACF3FE0; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:03 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by faina.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2F3E86C9DC; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:09:03 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87hcfaap5f.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:34:20 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-2.82, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -2.82) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92406 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21554 Archived-At: > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug > and the precise symptoms of the bug: > Start emacs -Q, go to *scratch* and eval > (make-directory "/tmp") > or use any other existing directory. You should get this error: > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-already-exists "File exists" "/tmp") > make-directory-internal("/tmp") > make-directory("/tmp") > eval((make-directory "/tmp")) > eval-last-sexp-1(nil) > eval-last-sexp(nil) > call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil) > But the docstring of `make-directory' reads: > ,----[ C-h f make-directory RET ] > | make-directory is an interactive Lisp function in `files.el'. > | > | (make-directory dir &optional parents) > | > | Create the directory dir and any nonexistent parent dirs. > | If dir already exists as a directory, do nothing. > | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > [...] Thanks. The bug is in the docstring. The "do nothing" is only true if PARENT is non-nil. Stefan