bug#11912: 24.1; 'M' in Dired on a symlink does not refresh the display

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> Yes, that's what POSIX requires. However, Dired is different from the
> POSIX shell, because a Dired user sees the permissions on a symbolic
> link while typing the command to the edit permissions, and the natural
> assumption is that one is editing what one is seeing. This is even
> more true of Wdired (Bug#50189); and it's also quite true for Dired.

Yeah, that's a good point.

> That is why G, O, T should also be fixed (see Bug#50191). The Dired
> users sees the group, ownership, and timestamp of the symlink while
> typing the "change the group" (or whatever) command, so the natural
> assumption is that one is changing what one is seeing.

Yup.

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