From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46122: 25.2; changes to .dir-locals.el are not picked up when .dir-locals.el is a symlink Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:01:59 +0200 Message-ID: <87a6afmm9k.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19129"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 46122@debbugs.gnu.org To: Dan Connolly Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 15:03:53 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o16D2-0004pE-M7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:03:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50340 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o16D1-0005TK-Jk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:03:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58098) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o16CJ-0005Qt-ME for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:03:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39557) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o16CE-0008Q2-06 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o16CD-00062b-Td for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:03:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46122 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46122-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46122.165521174123166 (code B ref 46122); Tue, 14 Jun 2022 13:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46122) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jun 2022 13:02:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33451 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o16BV-00061R-I6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:02:21 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:49498) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o16BQ-00061A-LV for 46122@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 09:02:16 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=+G0p5+A/Cc7Rscv0F5k2CQUfc5xxkJHVeXsvsLdxICM=; b=u0m7EGoSX0x53KmZIz6Y7z9RxJ fEbORFdoKaCDVigaz2rKlPj43FeIAWXuM8RGWeJX3DDyknsNAls2ZS1Bcbb34syUYRDMGH/+x2ZhK xmzBpmg37vE76iNSTdZWgRO1zsOpORQ0tEIBAB+4qFfkio3tdnWiElV5x8IGJAm1nEnE=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o16BG-0006go-30; Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:02:05 +0200 X-Now-Playing: Coil's _Heartworms_: "Assassins Of Hakim Bey (Remix 2)" In-Reply-To: (Dan Connolly's message of "Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:47:21 -0600") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:234497 Archived-At: Dan Connolly writes: > 1. Create ~/projects/m/.dir-locals.el file to set tab-width to 4. > 2. Visit ~/projects/m/xyz.c and verify that tabs use 4 spaces > 3. mv ~/projects/m/.dir-locals.el to ~/.emacs.d/m-locals.el > 4. ln -s ~/.emacs.d/m-locals.el ~/projects/m/.dir-locals.el > 5. Change 4 6 in ~/.emacs.d/m-locals.el > 6. in the xyz.c buffer, M-x revert-buffer > > expected result: > 7. tabs use 6 spaces > > actual result: > 7. no change; tabs still use 4 spaces > > work-around: > (setq dir-locals-directory-cache nil) before step 6. (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved at the time.) I've now fixed this in Emacs 29. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no