From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:10:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87linopm4e.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <87vcmwwvk7.fsf@gmail.com> <834nugtwqf.fsf@gnu.org> <87r4xkwhky.fsf@gmail.com> <83vcmws3bs.fsf@gnu.org> <87ehtkwaiz.fsf@gmail.com> <87wr7cgsm3.fsf@gmx.de> <8762eww77b.fsf@gmail.com> <83pqd4roav.fsf@gnu.org> <87haygx97t.fsf@gmx.de> <87aa47rj6z.fsf@gmail.com> <878vjrxpej.fsf@gmx.de> <87pqd3i8ky.fsf@gmail.com> <87ipiuvsbw.fsf@gmx.de> <87k439gyu5.fsf@gmail.com> <87fwdwhizm.fsf@gmail.com> <87bookhfcn.fsf@gmail.com> <87aa44o7qo.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330341145 10392 80.91.229.3 (27 Feb 2012 11:12:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:12:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org To: Thierry Volpiatto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 27 12:12:24 2012 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 1S1yVE-0008I0-07 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:12:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yVD-00075h-96 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:12:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60923) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yV6-00074E-Lo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:12:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yV2-0005QD-Cv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:12:16 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57186) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yV2-0005Q7-9S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:12:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yXm-0000uZ-Fr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:15:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Michael Albinus Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:15:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10489 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 10489-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10489.13303412433419 (code B ref 10489); Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:15:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 Feb 2012 11:14:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59083 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yWn-0000st-BQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:14:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:44891) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S1yWl-0000sZ-P4 for 10489@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:14:00 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 27 Feb 2012 11:11:07 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB9732.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.151.50] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 27 Feb 2012 12:11:07 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX192gBs9Zn92zH0L1C03cR9x5mKNaekTdYKPessre5 9fiCbaVsmVkJL+ In-Reply-To: <87aa44o7qo.fsf@gmail.com> (Thierry Volpiatto's message of "Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:06:55 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:57291 Archived-At: Thierry Volpiatto writes: >> I see why we might want to signal an error to the user when she does >> (copy-directory "~/test" "~/test/test1"), but I don't see why that >> implies that we need files-equal-p to handle non-existent files. > Because if we don't do that, we have to create new directory Test1 and > then test if Test1 is a subdir of Test. > This just to avoid that. This has to be handled in copy-directory. files-equal-p can (will!) be used also somewhere else. Best regards, Michael.