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From: | Stefan Monnier |
Subject: | bug#11194: 24.0.95; sudo rm doesn't work with absolute directory paths on the file system |
Date: | Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:01:11 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
>>>> While using Tramp might make sense, I think that "sudo rm -rf /foo/bar" >>>> is a perfectly valid command and wonder why it wouldn't work correctly. >>> In eshell, `sudo' is an built-in for `eshell/sudo': >> That does not in itself explain why it doesn't do the right thing: the >> intention seems fairly clear. > Sure. > The problem is `rm', which is another built-in. Built-ins are not aware > of being called in a `su(do)?' context. Sounds like a bug in eshell/sudo: it should not use builtins. Stefan
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