Re: ange-ftp appears to have trouble with symbolic links to directories

[Stefan Monnier]

> Hunting around on google, I found a possible patch:
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ange-ftp+symbolic+link&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm=200004061949.PAA09981%40jik.kamens.brookline.ma.us&rnum=2
> 
> Any idea why this would not have been picked up already?  It appears
> to be nearly three years old...

This problem has been fixed in the CVS trunk already (tho in a different
way).  I don't think that's the problem you're seeing, tho.

Can you try the patch below instead ?

It's against the already patched version of ange-ftp-insert-directory
(i.e. it's on top of the previous patch I sent).


        Stefan



@@ -4429,7 +4439,8 @@
        tem)
     (if parsed
        (if (and (not wildcard)
-                (setq tem (file-symlink-p (directory-file-name file))))
+                (stringp (setq tem (ange-ftp-get-file-entry
+                                    (directory-file-name file)))))
            (ange-ftp-insert-directory
             (ange-ftp-expand-symlink
              tem (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file)))