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bug#7112: 24.0.50; [PATCH] `ls-lisp-insert-directory' should be no-op fo
From: |
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#7112: 24.0.50; [PATCH] `ls-lisp-insert-directory' should be no-op for empty FILE |
Date: |
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:06:46 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> > (error "Args out of range: \"\", -1")
>> > The reason is the following code near the end of
>> > `ls-lisp-insert-directory':
>>
>> I think this should most likely be fixed in the caller (i.e., in
>> dired.el).
>
> What does that mean? dired.el is a file, not a caller.
dired.el should not be asking ls-lisp to list a directory called "",
which is obviously something that should generate an error.
>> What's the backtrace for this bug?
>
> Why not try it yourself, using the emacs -Q recipe:
>
> M-: (dired '("foobar" "111.el" ""))
Why would you call this function with an empty string as a parameter?
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- bug#7112: 24.0.50; [PATCH] `ls-lisp-insert-directory' should be no-op for empty FILE,
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