bug#6987: 23.2; failure adding --group-directories-first to dired-listing-switches

[Allan Gottlieb]

emacs -Q
(setq dired-listing-switches "--group-directories-first -l")
M-x dired

Although typing s in dired correctly alternates the sorting between
"by name" and "by date", the mode line always says "by date"

thanks for emacs,
allan gottlieb


In GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1)
 of 2010-07-08 on ajglap
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10802000
configured using `configure  '--prefix=/usr' '--build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 
'--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' 
'--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--sysconfdir=/etc' 
'--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--program-suffix=-emacs-23' 
'--infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-23' '--with-crt-dir=/usr/lib64' '--with-sound' 
'--with-x' '--with-gconf' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' '--with-gif' 
'--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xpm' 
'--with-xft' '--without-libotf' '--without-m17n-flt' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 
'--without-hesiod' '--without-kerberos' '--without-kerberos5' '--with-gpm' 
'--with-dbus' 'build_alias=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 
'host_alias=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-march=native -O2 -pipe' 
'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.utf8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Article

Minor modes in effect:
  iswitchb-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<backspace> h o SPC w o u l d SPC k n o w SPC f o r 
SPC s u r e . <return> <return> a l l a n SPC g o t 
t l i e b <return> C-c C-c n <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> <select-window> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <select-window> <select-window> <down-mouse-5> 
<mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> 
<double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> 
<triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-4> 
<mouse-4> <double-down-mouse-4> <double-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> 
<triple-mouse-4> <triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> 
<triple-down-mouse-4> <triple-mouse-4> <help-echo> 
t <return> t <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> <down-mouse-5> <mouse-5> 
<double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> 
<triple-mouse-5> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> r <up> 
<up> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> a l l a n . <up> <up> <left> <left> 
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> 
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> 
<left> C-k U n s u b s c r i b e C-c C-c n E n n n 
n n n n n n k n n k k n n n n M-u <down> SPC n n n 
n n n n n n n n n n n p g , <return> n E SPC r C-c 
C-c n E q SPC n <up> <return> n n M-u q <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-2> <help-echo> <help-echo> <select-window> <select-window> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> C-x d <return> C-u s <help-echo> 
<select-window> <help-echo> <select-window> <help-echo> 
<select-window> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> M-x s <help-echo> <select-window> 
<select-window> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-2> <select-window> 
<help-echo> <select-window> M-x s e n d - e m a c s 
- b <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> r e p o r t <tab> 
b SPC <return>

Recent messages:
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