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 02:05:57 +0200 Message-ID: <48BDD4E5.50300@gmail.com> References: <48BD642C.5050405@gmail.com> <48BDC9F1.8090105@gmail.com> <48BDCBD1.4000505@gmail.com> <48BDCF20.1080305@gmail.com> <48BDD14B.7090302@gmail.com> <48BDD30E.4000304@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 1220401718 17575 80.91.229.12 (3 Sep 2008 00:28:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:28:38 +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 02:29:32 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 1KagFX-0003D0-Pm for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:29:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50563 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KagEY-0003y5-Jj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:28:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KagDi-0003D0-DK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:27:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KagDf-0003AX-Bj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:27:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48151 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KagDf-0003AI-6z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:27:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:56514) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KagDe-0001rx-9S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:27:34 -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 m830RU7X002893; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:27:31 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m830F335030659; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:15:03 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:15:03 +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=B865.122040036528468 (code B ref 865); Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:15:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 865) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 3 Sep 2008 00:06:05 +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 m8306184028368 for <865@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:06:02 -0700 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-87.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.87]:61401 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Kafsm-0006v5-8B; Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:06:00 +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 1Kafsm-0006v5-8B 7ba3df02478d67d8c82a196ffbc40cad X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:27:36 -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:20067 Archived-At: Juanma Barranquero wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 01:58, Lennart Borgman (gmail) > wrote: > >> Just check if it exists immediately after the delete. As you have >> pointed out some race condition (which one is unclear to me) can exist >> so that it exists there again. >> >> However I did not say that we should raise an error in that case. It >> might be legitimate. So we can perhaps instead check file modification >> time and see if it is a new file. In that case we could just give a >> message (which might be good for hunting errors). >> >> If file modification time says it is the same old file then it is an error. > > You want to do a lot of work for nothing. Hm, I do not like doing cleaning without any reason. I think you might be missing that the situation can be complicated when ACL lists are involved. But I guess it is not common.