Re: master 00b8c7e: Make ls-lisp.el behave like Posix hosts when directory doesn't exist

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> > +        ;; Emulate what we do on Posix hosts when we call access-file
>> > +        ;; in insert-directory.
>> > +  (signal 'file-error
>> > +                (list "Reading directory"
>> > +                      "Directory doesn't exist or is inaccessible"
>> > +                      file))))))
>> 
>> On GNU/Linux, it is `file-missing' (introduced in Emacs 26).
>
> I know.  But ls-lisp doesn't know whether it failed because the
> directory doesn't exist, or does exist but isn't accessible, and
> trying to discern between these two situations doesn't seem worth it.

Hmm. This reminds me, that `tramp-test17-insert-directory' does not
check any error condition. If I would add this, this subtle detail would
count ...

(Not that anybody in real life would care ...)

Best regards, Michael.