bug#60977: 29.0.60; Dired: invalid face reference with dir symlinks

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Juri Linkov [2023-01-22 19:05 +0200] wrote:

>> - Link target fontified with undefined 'dired-directory-face' face
>> - *Messages* says 'Invalid face reference: dired-directory-face'
>>
>> This seems to be a regression in Emacs 29 (https://bugs.gnu.org/57293):
>
> Thanks for finding this regression.
>
>> But I don't know whether it's acceptable for emacs-29, or whether it
>> conses too much during font lock.  In the latter case, we could evaluate
>> dired-directory-face once (when dired-font-lock-keywords is defined), or
>> we could use the 'dired-directory' face directly.  WDYT?
>
> I think the effect of consing is negligible.

Thanks for confirming.
I'll install it once we hear from Eli re: emacs-29.

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Basil