From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:11:46 +0200 Message-ID: <48BDC832.40503@gmail.com> References: <48BD642C.5050405@gmail.com> <48BD74D5.4050800@gnu.org> <48BD80C0.80707@gmail.com> <48BD8FA8.6030707@gmail.com> <48BDC0EE.1080104@gmail.com> <48BDC5E4.4080205@gmail.com> Reply-To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , 865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220398480 10267 80.91.229.12 (2 Sep 2008 23:34:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:34:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Juanma Barranquero Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 03 01:35:34 2008 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 1KafP3-0007zc-KJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:35:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54965 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KafO3-0002d0-Qy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:34:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KafHh-0000Pv-BW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KafHf-0000P5-N3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34134 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KafHf-0000On-7b for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:49656) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KafHe-0002kw-7r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:39 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m82NRU79014394; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:27:31 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m82NK4r0011500; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:20:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:20:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 865 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 865-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B865.12203971159352 (code B ref 865); Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:20:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 865) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Sep 2008 23:11:55 +0000 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m82NBp2Q009346 for <865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:11:52 -0700 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-87.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.87]:61515 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Kaf2M-0004Wq-7E; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:11:50 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 X-Antivirus: avast! 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X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1Kaf2M-0004Wq-7E 37c222f6bf8b9f20eb9758789f3d8068 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:27:40 -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:20049 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 01:01, Lennart Borgman (gmail) > wrote: > >> Maybe it is better to just test if the file really was deleted then. > > And, again, how would you guarantee that the file isn't created by > another process between the delete-file call and the check? > >> The reason I want to test this is that errors in these parts often are >> confusing and hard to find. There could be something that prevents the >> file from beeing deleted. > > The server file is deleted to make room for the new server file. If > writing it fails, you'll notice. Yes, but is it not easier to understand what is happening and catch the message right after the delete-file? > Are you chasing a real error, or the possibility of one? A possible one.