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bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#27986: 26.0.50; 'rename-file' can rename files without |
Date: |
Sat, 26 Aug 2017 10:30:57 +0300 |
> From: John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>
> Cc: rms@gnu.org, 27986@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:33:46 -0700
>
> >>>>> "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.
Thanks.
Paul, it sounds like we have a consensus on this, so please go ahead
with the changes. At least Richard, John, and myself prefer to signal
an error even when the target is an empty directory, so I hope the
non-interactive rename-file could do that after your changes.
- 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, 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