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: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:46:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87wr7gx94i.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <878vlbljnc.fsf@gmx.de> <8739bj8mu1.fsf@gmail.com> <87fwfjo24c.fsf@gmx.de> <87pqen76p4.fsf@gmail.com> <83fwfik92e.fsf@gnu.org> <87mx9q1sz7.fsf@gmail.com> <87vcodm8ns.fsf@gmx.de> <87pqekopb5.fsf@gmail.com> <87hazwoost.fsf@gmail.com> <87ty3w9639.fsf@gmx.de> <8762gckckt.fsf@gmail.com> <87pqek9269.fsf@gmx.de> <87r4z0yqfx.fsf@gmail.com> <871uqzn3bc.fsf@gmx.de> <871uqz651u.fsf@gmx.de> <87pqd89lh4.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1329853619 20919 80.91.229.3 (21 Feb 2012 19:46:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:46:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 21 20:46:57 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvfq-0007EF-MH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:46:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57212 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvfp-0006MQ-UK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46490) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvfk-0006Lz-J5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvfg-00083O-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:48 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvfg-00083J-IL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvhu-0001rq-CC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:49:02 -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: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:49:02 +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=B10489.13298537417171 (code B ref 10489); Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Feb 2012 19:49:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49136 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvho-0001rX-VY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:49:01 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:39772) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Rzvhj-0001r9-2T for 10489@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:48:55 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 21 Feb 2012 19:46:26 -0000 Original-Received: from p57BB99E7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO detlef.gmx.de) [87.187.153.231] by mail.gmx.net (mp031) with SMTP; 21 Feb 2012 20:46:26 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/1/PB1GUv1BOTCxOUJvLvDDNGRu5nUp5sV4i8ts6 yGGNaFjQImPKO3 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:59:16 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (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:57049 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > It might be easier to get a solution that catches all cases that way: > remember the name and identity (inode/file-attributes/younameit) of > the top directory we create, and whenever we're about to copy > a directory of the same name, check whether it happens to have the > same identity, in which case we've hit an inf-loop. Don't know whether it is such easy in Tramp. Must be checked. Remember, Tramp could use tools like rsync and tar for copying directories. > Stefan Best regards, Michael.