Re: Build failure on M$ (using MSVC): Patch enclosed

[Jason Rumney]

dhruva wrote:

> Well, I was not aware of that function. Looking a little deeper into
> it, it does not traverse above the current user $HOME (~/ or %HOME%).
> This code needs to go all the way till the top. Since it does a
> username comparison, it apprears a bit more expensive (based on gut
> feel though).
>
>
> my HOME is set to: c:/users/dhruva
> My lisp expresssion: (locate-dominating-file
> "c:/users/dhruva/stub/git/emacs/" ".dir-settings.el")
> 1. I place the .dir-settings.el under "C:/" and I get a nil
> 2. I move the file under HOME (c:/users/dhruva/.dir-settings.el) and get it.
> => It does not traverse beyond the HOME directory.
>   

If you run (locate-dominating-file "c:/some/other/path" 
".dir-settings.el"), does it go all the way to the top, or does it not 
search at all?

I think it is OK to stop at ~/ when inside the users home directory, as 
that will be what most users want.