From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17641: 24.3.91; (locate-dominating-file "." Makefile) returns nil. Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 19:23:54 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87sinrfmhr.fsf@yahoo.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401492258 6649 80.91.229.3 (30 May 2014 23:24:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:24:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17641@debbugs.gnu.org To: Nicolas Richard Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 01:24:11 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 1WqW9i-0008Et-MJ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2014 01:24:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57031 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9i-0007kA-2F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:24:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58489) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9d-0007k0-Vk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9b-0004Gq-1x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:24:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39260) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9a-0004Gm-V9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:24:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9a-0007al-Dr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:24:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 23:24:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17641 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17641-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17641.140149223829170 (code B ref 17641); Fri, 30 May 2014 23:24:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17641) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 May 2014 23:23:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38137 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9V-0007aQ-SG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:53654 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9T-0007aF-1d for 17641@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:23:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WqW9S-00066S-B5; Fri, 30 May 2014 19:23:54 -0400 X-Spook: pink noise security Hugo Chavez Albania brigand import X-Ran: _uNlyO.6+=`HBZ*c;G;'a"gOoQscUp6H/;$^wUwRq9}{;3B"Jy^397mxmF/@0z.#9'VN#! X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87sinrfmhr.fsf@yahoo.fr> (Nicolas Richard's message of "Fri, 30 May 2014 15:02:24 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:89778 Archived-At: Nicolas Richard wrote: > Evalling > (locate-dominating-file "." "Makefile") > I get nil (unless the current directory has the file Makefile in it). Maybe locate-dominating-file should first call expand-file-name on FILE. As it stands, it doesn't work with any non-absolute file name.