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bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without
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John Wiegley |
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bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without |
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Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:33:46 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.130016 (Ma Gnus v0.16) Emacs/25.2.50 (darwin) |
>>>>> "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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- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, (continued)
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Eli Zaretskii, 2017/08/15
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Ken Brown, 2017/08/16
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Ken Brown, 2017/08/19
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Paul Eggert, 2017/08/19
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Ken Brown, 2017/08/19
- bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Paul Eggert, 2017/08/19
bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without confirmation, Andy Moreton, 2017/08/15
bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without, Richard Stallman, 2017/08/19