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: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:30:28 +0200 Message-ID: <83a8n8bhhn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8737t52g9g.fsf@blah.blah> <8360y0s7hy.fsf@gnu.org> <874mdgsuh9.fsf@blah.blah> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455125482 23218 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2016 17:31:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:31:22 +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 Wed Feb 10 18:31:11 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 1aTYbd-0001Wm-TR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 18:31:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41367 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbd-0006Ya-D2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:31:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbZ-0006YO-Sc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:31:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbW-0002AJ-KU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54316) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbW-0002A5-Gt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:31:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbW-0005Io-DA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:31:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:31:02 +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=B22578.145512545020365 (code B ref 22578); Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:31:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22578) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2016 17:30:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35224 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbK-0005IO-HS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51364) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYbI-0005IA-JI for 22578@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYb9-00021y-I6 for 22578@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:43 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39963) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYb9-00021u-FB; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:39 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2750 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aTYb8-0007Nx-R5; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:30:39 -0500 In-reply-to: <874mdgsuh9.fsf@blah.blah> (message from Kevin Ryde on Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:54 +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:112862 Archived-At: > From: Kevin Ryde > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 21:57:54 +1100 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2003-06/msg00067.html > > That slightly goes on and on ... :-). You are supposed to stop reading where it wanders too far off ;-) > I have no opinion of the S symlink discussed there, but an M chmod > seems clearer, doesn't move anything, etc ... > > On the R rename also noted there, I think I have an open bug of it > acting successfully on "." (good, in my view) but then failing to > refresh current buffer (bad). The challenge is to suggest a solution that side-steps all those gotchas mentioned in that discussion. Thanks.