bug#71732: closed (30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist)

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> 30.0.50; [FR] xdg: provide an ability to create XDG directory, if it does not exist
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> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:40:49 +0000
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> Follow-up from "Please document the caching and its user options"
> https://yhetil.org/emacs-devel/86le35rwyp.fsf@gnu.org/
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> Currently `xdg-cache-home`, and other functions in xdg.el only return
> the path, but never create any directories.
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> However, to follow XDG spec, XDG directories must follow certain
> rules. In particular:
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>     If, when attempting to write a file, the destination directory is
>     non-existent an attempt should be made to create it with permission
>     0700. If the destination directory exists already the permissions
>     should not be changed.
>   https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
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> May you please add a functionality to xdg.el to create the directory
> with right permissions, so that xdg.el users do not need to know these
> technical details of the spec?
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> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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> > From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> > Cc: 71732@debbugs.gnu.org, bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de
> > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 12:28:48 +0000
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> > Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
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> > >> I am asking to provide an API function that will create XDG dir with
> > >> appropriately assignment permissions. It will be up to the xdg.el caller
> > >> to use that API function.
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> > > Like I said earlier: this is a two-liner:
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> > >   (with-file-modes 0700
> > >     (make-directory DIR t))
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> > > where the value 0700 is something the Lisp program should control.
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> > Yes, it is a two-liner, but 0700 requires familiarity with XDG.
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> No, it doesn't.  It requires the decision which modes to use, which is
> independent of what XDG mandates.
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> > > I see no reason to provide an API for such simple code, let alone do
> > > that in xdg.el.
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> > > And if you still don't agree, let's at least agree to disagree.
> > > because this argument begins to revisit what was already said.
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> > Ok. Then, feel free to close the feature request.
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> Done.
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