From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich@complang.tuwien.ac.at>
Cc: 4398@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4398: 23.1.50; Reading dangling symbolic link gives misleading message
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:26:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k4bnf5cc.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1MluMh-00082s-Vv@a4.complang.tuwien.ac.at> (Ulrich Neumerkel's message of "Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:51:52 +0200")
Ulrich Neumerkel <ulrich@complang.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
> Create a symbolic link to a nonexistent file.
> M-! ln -s /nowhere/thatfile /tmp
>
> Try to find-file dangling link:
>
> C-x C-f /tmp/thatfile
>
> Now I get a request for confirmation [Confirm]
> After confirming, I get as message
>
> File exists, but cannot be read
>
> Expected: A more specific message like: "dangling link".
I've now fixed this in Emacs 24.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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2009-09-11 0:51 bug#4398: 23.1.50; Reading dangling symbolic link gives misleading message Ulrich Neumerkel
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