From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sven Joachim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#5982: 23.1.96; Dired regression - recursive copies turn symlinks into regular files Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:26:00 +0200 Message-ID: <877ho2jx07.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1271755930 27114 80.91.229.12 (20 Apr 2010 09:32:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:32:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Sven Joachim To: 5982@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 20 11:32:05 2010 connect(): No such file or directory 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49oI-0000mf-O4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:32:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38310 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O49oI-0004LA-54 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O49lo-0002tT-VP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:29:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39542 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O49lm-0002sE-5W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:29:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49lj-00033x-2S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:29:25 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:60745) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49li-00033q-VZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49jS-00030N-6Y; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:27:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Sven Joachim Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: svenjoac@gmx.de, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 5982 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-Xcc: Sven Joachim Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.127175558511539 (code B ref -1); Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Apr 2010 09:26:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49iq-000303-KT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49in-0002zy-N7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:23 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:44911) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O49ik-0004I3-Oj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O49ij-00022c-QA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38050 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O49ie-00021b-B1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49iW-0001v8-Jk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:47055) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O49iV-0001ud-UX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 20 Apr 2010 09:26:01 -0000 Original-Received: from p548628C7.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [84.134.40.199] by mail.gmx.net (mp046) with SMTP; 20 Apr 2010 11:26:01 +0200 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/dYmEk3K/d2peHw4/+T+LNr9irkiGdNAtM2dQ/Q1 7mZilQlCSYDjxT Original-Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 43BC63F587; Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:26:00 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.96 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.53000000000000003 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:27:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , 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:36345 Archived-At: Suppose we have the following directory in dired: ,---- | /tmp/foo: | total used in directory 4 available 1674380 | drwxr-xr-x 2 sven sven 80 Apr 20 11:12 . | drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 300 Apr 20 11:12 .. | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar | lrwxrwxrwx 1 sven sven 3 Apr 20 11:12 bar2 -> bar `---- Now type ^ to cd to the parent directory, move to the "foo" line and press "C /tmp/foo2 RET yes" (confirming the recursive copy and creating /tmp/foo2) and switch to the new directory. It looks like this: ,---- | /tmp/foo2: | total used in directory 8 available 1674380 | drwxr-xr-x 2 sven sven 80 Apr 20 11:12 . | drwxrwxrwt 14 root root 300 Apr 20 11:12 .. | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven 6 Apr 20 11:09 bar2 `---- This is a regression from Emacs 23.1 and 22.3 where the symlink would be copied as such instead of turning into a regular file. 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