From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22578: 24.5; dired-do-chmod on . or .. directories Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 20:25:13 +0200 Message-ID: <8360y0s7hy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8737t52g9g.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454869582 8442 80.91.229.3 (7 Feb 2016 18:26:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 18:26:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 22578@debbugs.gnu.org To: Kevin Ryde Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 07 19:26:11 2016 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 1aSU2E-0007E2-Ih for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 19:26:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37028 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU2D-0002u1-Q3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:26:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50468) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU29-0002ti-HP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:26:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU26-00029L-Ae for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU26-00029H-7V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:26:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU26-0004fV-35 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:26:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22578 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 22578-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22578.145486954317917 (code B ref 22578); Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:26:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22578) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Feb 2016 18:25:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37446 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU1n-0004ev-8l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:25:43 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59406) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU1l-0004ej-Jw for 22578@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:25:41 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU1d-00026f-EV for 22578@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:25:36 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:38307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU1d-00026b-AL; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:25:33 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4171 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aSU1c-0002r0-I3; Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:25:33 -0500 In-reply-to: <8737t52g9g.fsf@blah.blah> (message from Kevin Ryde on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:20:27 +1100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:112642 Archived-At: > From: Kevin Ryde > Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:20:27 +1100 > > It'd be good if dired "M" `dired-do-chmod' could act on the "." and ".." > directories in the dired buffer. > > As far as I can tell there'd be no reason they shouldn't. For some reasons, see the old discussion that starts here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2003-06/msg00067.html