[PATCH] Fix for relative symlinks in subdirectories

[PATCH] Fix for relative symlinks in subdirectories

[T.F. Torrey]

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Hello all,

When publishing a project that contains relative symlinks in
subdirectories, org-publish-cache-ctime-of-src mistakenly connects the
true file name with the base-dir of the project instead of the symlink,
causing an error when the linked file is in a subdirectory and not the
base-dir.

The attached patch modifiies org-publish-cache-ctime-of-src to use the
dir of the current file as the base-dir instead of simply the project
base-dir.

With this change, though, the base-dir argument to this function now
never does anything. This doesn't seem to cause problems for me, but I
am far from intimate with the workings of the org-publish cache system.
Perhaps someone with better knowledge of the system could provide a
better fix. Otherwise, the base-dir argument could be refactored out.

ChangeLog entry: Fix for relative symlinks in subdirectories

Modify org-publish-cache-ctime-of-src to use the dir of the current file
as the base-dir instead of simply the project base-dir.

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Best regards,
Terry
--
T.F. Torrey


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diff --git a/lisp/org-publish.el b/lisp/org-publish.el
index e78e2d4..cd77c82 100644
--- a/lisp/org-publish.el
+++ b/lisp/org-publish.el
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ Returns value on success, else nil."
 (defun org-publish-cache-ctime-of-src (f base-dir)
   "Get the FILENAME ctime as an integer."
   (let ((attr (file-attributes
-	       (expand-file-name (or (file-symlink-p f) f) base-dir))))
+	       (expand-file-name (or (file-symlink-p f) f) (file-name-directory f)))))
     (+ (lsh (car (nth 5 attr)) 16)
        (cadr (nth 5 attr)))))
 

Re: [PATCH] Fix for relative symlinks in subdirectories

[Bastien]

Hi,

tftorrey@tftorrey.com (T.F. Torrey) writes:

> The attached patch modifiies org-publish-cache-ctime-of-src to use the
> dir of the current file as the base-dir instead of simply the project
> base-dir.

I applied a modified version of your patch, removing useless base-dir
argument.  Thanks for reporting this!  If you can, please test the
current maint or master branch to confirm the fix.

Best,

-- 
 Bastien