From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10489: 24.0.92; dired-do-copy may create infinite directory hierarchy Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:01:09 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87mx9su32g.fsf@web.de> <87ipiuvsbw.fsf@gmx.de> <87k439gyu5.fsf@gmail.com> <87fwdwhizm.fsf@gmail.com> <87bookhfcn.fsf@gmail.com> <87aa44o7qo.fsf@gmail.com> <87ty2c490n.fsf@gmail.com> <87r4xgkt2b.fsf@gmail.com> <87obskum9i.fsf@gmx.de> <874nuc9bao.fsf@gmail.com> <874nubzdsu.fsf@gmail.com> <87zkc3xwdn.fsf@gmail.com> <87k437o1hm.fsf@gmx.de> <87booiu43h.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1330480945 24484 80.91.229.3 (29 Feb 2012 02:02:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:02:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10489@debbugs.gnu.org, Thierry Volpiatto To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 29 03:02:23 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 1S2Ys3-0005k1-8c for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:02:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59503 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Ys2-0001WV-K0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37740) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Yrz-0001WQ-Q5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:21 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Yrx-0007xM-Pk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:19 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Yrx-0007wv-MJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Yri-00068x-M2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:02:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:02:02 +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=B10489.133048091023594 (code B ref 10489); Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:02:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10489) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Feb 2012 02:01:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54938 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2YrV-00068F-Ld for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:01:50 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.183]:56129) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Yr9-00067f-2e for 10489@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:01:37 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AicFAKU/KE9FxJvl/2dsb2JhbACBX5x7eYhwnhmGGQSGUJRJhAs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.73,1,1325480400"; d="scan'208";a="165064357" Original-Received: from 69-196-155-229.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.155.229]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 28 Feb 2012 21:01:10 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D671358F5C; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:01:09 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87booiu43h.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:53:38 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux) 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:57382 Archived-At: >>> `files-equal-p' still returns t for two non-existing files. Shall be >>> fixed too. >> I don't see why that should be fixed: files-equal-p only works for >> existing files. If one or both of the files don't exist, the return >> value is unspecified. Oh, yes, the doc needs to be fixed to say it clearly. > Why is this better than returning nil (which is easy to achieve)? It's not. > Because it doesn't matter? Yup, Stefan