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#17073: 24.3.50; file-symlink-p doesn't return t as described in the doc Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:53:25 +0200 Message-ID: <83k3bhzkcq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877g7k1zij.fsf@web.de> <83vbv41ce8.fsf@gnu.org> <83r45r1r08.fsf@gnu.org> <83vbv2z2cb.fsf@gnu.org> <83pplayx3v.fsf@gnu.org> <87d2ha15vs.fsf@web.de> <83mwgeyudf.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395806049 15346 80.91.229.3 (26 Mar 2014 03:54:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:54:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, lekktu@gmail.com, 17073@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 26 04:54:17 2014 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 1WSeuu-0004Pd-1t for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:54:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45414 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeut-0004zo-LC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:54:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeul-0004ze-Pt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:54:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeug-00059r-KR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48718) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeug-00059n-HF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeug-00025r-0d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:54:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17073 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17073-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17073.13958060168012 (code B ref 17073); Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17073) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Mar 2014 03:53:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49900 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeuF-00025A-GI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:53:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:48792) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WSeuD-000250-4z for 17073@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:53:34 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N3000G00Y71GF00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 17073@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:53:31 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N3000F9GYT6ZP90@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Wed, 26 Mar 2014 05:53:31 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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:87387 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Michael Heerdegen , lekktu@gmail.com, > 17073@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:41:53 -0400 > > >> If the leading directories of @var{filename} include symbolic links, > >> this function recursively follows them. > >> Is this obvious? > > Hard to say. I think it's pretty obvious to those who are used to > > semantics of symlinks (I actually find strange and even confusing the > > fact that the manual insists on telling which functions follow links > > and in which parts of the filename). For those who are not used to > > symlinks, I'm pretty sure even the above sentence does not say enough. > > I think the sentence is more confusing than helpful. To me it makes it > sound like there something special going on, whereas it's just business > as usual. But the same is true for all the other places in files.texi which document what functions follow symlinks and in which part(s) of their arguments. This one is just one such place, one of many.