bug#81295: 32.0.50; dired-auto-toggle-b-switch problem with subdirectory

On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:23:29 +0300 Filipp Gunbin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 28/07/2026 11:51 +0200, Stephen Berman wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> I still think I'm opposed to the fix, because 1) it surely will
>>> introduce more subtle bugs (I think I can come up with the cases
>>> easily),
>>
>> Are you referring just to the change that skips validation or to the
>> entire change to dired-aux.el?  If the former, and you demonstrate that
>> it introduces bugs at least as serious as the one it fixes, then I
>> certainly have no objection to omitting that part of the patch.
>
> Only to the latest patch which circumvents validation.  I tried to
> explain why I think it's problematic, and see no need for a concrete
> recipe - I think it's clear that the change breaks logic, so finding a
> way to exploit it is just a waste of time.  If you think that it still
> needs to be installed, and maintainers agree, then I certainly too.

It's not clear to me that if any bugs result from this change, they will
be worse than the bug that the change fixes.  It's also not clear to me
why including this change along with the other changes now and later, if
it is shown to cause other bugs, changing or replacing it, is worse than
omitting the change and leaving a known bug unfixed for the time being.
But again, I'm fine with whatever the maintainers decide.

Steve Berman