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#17330: files.el cd-absolute overcome false negative from file-executable-p Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 18:44:46 -0400 Message-ID: References: <41559D99-B080-4B34-B491-3A811FA9FEAE@bluewin.ch> <5364B437.2070106@bluewin.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399414048 31892 80.91.229.3 (6 May 2014 22:07:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 22:07:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Philip Hodges , 17330@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 07 00:07:20 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 1WhnT3-0004TT-BB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 May 2014 00:04:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59t-0000mI-P3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57473) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59j-0000mA-VJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59b-0002Nn-HX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33705) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59b-0002N6-CX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:45:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59a-0001JS-LP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:45:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 22:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17330 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17330-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17330.13992434965015 (code B ref 17330); Sun, 04 May 2014 22:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17330) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 May 2014 22:44:56 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51056 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59U-0001Ip-7X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:44:56 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:58231) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wh59R-0001IZ-KS for 17330@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2014 18:44:54 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNLd/4Y/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0kLodWCNIZF456B4Q4BKkZgWqBcYFbIQ X-IPAS-Result: ArUGAIDvNVNLd/4Y/2dsb2JhbABZgwaDSsA9gRcXdIIlAQEBAQIBViMFCwsOJhIUGA0kLodWCNIZF456B4Q4BKkZgWqBcYFbIQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.97,753,1389762000"; d="scan'208";a="61481909" Original-Received: from 75-119-254-24.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([75.119.254.24]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 04 May 2014 18:44:46 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 112E466094; Sun, 4 May 2014 18:44:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 04 May 2014 14:07:50 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) 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:88692 Archived-At: > I'd still like to hear if file-accessible-directory-p does any better > than file-executable-p. At least on !DOS_NT, it seems to be something a > bit different. Indeed file-accessible-directory-p would probably be better than file-executable-p. Whether it's sufficiently better to keep the error, I don't know. >> I think the simplest solution for now is to turn the error into a warning. > Sounds good, but might be annoying on Unix platforms; if as you say > this situation is impossible there an error might be clearer for them. Agreed. Stefan