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bug#25611: 26.0.50; dired-do-compress unpacks .tgz files
From: |
Mike Kupfer |
Subject: |
bug#25611: 26.0.50; dired-do-compress unpacks .tgz files |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:42:24 -0800 |
Glenn Morris wrote:
> [...] I do not expect a command that
> "compresses or uncompresses files" to extract a tar file. These should
> be separate steps/commands IMO. Exactly as you said in your initial
> report.
That would be my preference, too. I'm just not sure how much of that
preference comes from mental inertia. :-) That's why my later emails
focused on the data loss and security angles.
If we do keep the extraction functionality, the docstring for
dired-do-compress definitely needs updating.
cheers,
mike