From: John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 27986@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org
Subject: bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:33:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2h8wv5qvp.fsf@newartisans.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83wp5zc6c2.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 20 Aug 2017 05:37:33 +0300")
>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
EZ> Thanks. I do indeed think that making this an error even if B is an empty
EZ> directory would be better, as it will reveal the cases that need to be
EZ> fixed more prominently.
I prefer that to renaming a directory when the target is a directory. That's
not how /bin/mv behaves, so I'd be surprised if (rename-file) did differently.
Making the Emacs version more restrictive, however, makes sense.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-08-25 20:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-08-06 15:40 bug#27986: 26.0.50; `rename-file' can rename files without confirmation Philipp
2017-08-06 17:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 17:09 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-08-14 17:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-11 8:15 ` bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' " Paul Eggert
2017-08-13 22:42 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-14 15:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 23:31 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-15 17:24 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 17:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-15 19:27 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-16 2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-16 5:06 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-16 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-16 15:15 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-16 16:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-16 17:19 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-16 17:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-16 18:06 ` Glenn Morris
2017-08-16 22:31 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-08-16 23:56 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-17 0:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-08-19 6:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-10 22:49 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-11 6:07 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-11 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-11 16:45 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-11 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-09-11 17:25 ` Paul Eggert
2017-09-12 9:25 ` Michael Albinus
2017-08-13 23:48 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-14 13:44 ` Ken Brown
2017-08-14 15:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 15:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 16:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 16:58 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-08-14 17:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-14 16:50 ` Philipp Stephani
2017-08-14 23:03 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 1:19 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-15 7:00 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 16:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-16 19:33 ` Ken Brown
2017-08-19 21:30 ` Ken Brown
2017-08-19 21:37 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-19 22:04 ` Ken Brown
2017-08-19 22:38 ` Paul Eggert
2017-08-15 12:45 ` Andy Moreton
2017-08-15 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-19 21:33 ` bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without Richard Stallman
2017-08-20 2:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-08-25 20:33 ` John Wiegley [this message]
2017-08-26 7:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
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