From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Davis Herring" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: default-directory safe file local variable but no check for same if file-exists-p Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <50320.130.55.118.19.1244230550.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> References: Reply-To: herring@lanl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244230573 32011 80.91.229.12 (5 Jun 2009 19:36:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "MON KEY" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 05 21:36:09 2009 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 1MCfCw-0006Ad-NU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:36:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40402 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MCfCw-00043T-14 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:36:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MCfCq-000434-1V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:36:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MCfCk-0003ym-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:35:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52813 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MCfCk-0003yV-53 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:35:54 -0400 Original-Received: from proofpoint2.lanl.gov ([204.121.3.26]:59402) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MCfCj-0000DR-NF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:35:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailrelay2.lanl.gov (mailrelay2.lanl.gov [128.165.4.103]) by proofpoint2.lanl.gov (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n55JZoTB029706; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:35:50 -0600 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay2.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C9D21A8CD7E; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:35:50 -0600 (MDT) X-NIE-2-Virus-Scanner: amavisd-new at mailrelay2.lanl.gov Original-Received: from webmail1.lanl.gov (webmail1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.106]) by mailrelay2.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id 694851A8CD75; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:35:50 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: by webmail1.lanl.gov (Postfix, from userid 48) id 665A01518033; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:35:50 -0600 (MDT) Original-Received: from 130.55.118.19 (SquirrelMail authenticated user 196434) by webmail.lanl.gov with HTTP; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:35:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.7.lanl1 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-06-05_11:2009-06-01, 2009-06-05, 2009-06-05 signatures=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/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:111347 Archived-At: > I'm sure this is all very well thought out, and I apologize if this > comes across as foolish, but out of curiosity does this account for > procedures such as `process-file', `call-process', `start-process', > `start-file-process' etc. which base their file-handlers on the > `default-directory' value? My thought on this subject is that values of `default-directory' that involve Tramp might be a problem, although I'm not sure how to exploit being able to have someone SSH somewhere or become root on their own machine. Davis -- This product is sold by volume, not by mass. If it appears too dense or too sparse, it is because mass-energy conversion has occurred during shipping.