Hi, I originally sent this to gnu.emacs.gnus but got no reply and so am reposting here.
Cheers, Loris -------------------- Start of forwarded message -------------------- From: "Loris Bennett" <[email protected]> Subject: Attaching via link to GVFS fails Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 15:06:52 +0200 Hi, I am using Emacs 30.1 on Debian 13, but occasionally I have use a Windows machine to sign PDFs. To facilitate this, I created a link, which is normally broken, but when I click on the corresponding bookmark in the file manager becomes unbroken: $ ls -l windows-home lrwxrwxrwx 1 loris users 80 Nov 6 2024 windows-home -> '/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=example.org,share=home_l/loris' In the past, I could access the files on the windows machine to add as an attachment to a mail in Gnus via the path ~/windows_home However, recently, maybe after upgrading from Debian 12, which had Emacs 28.2, I am no longer able to access the files/directories below it when attaching. The error is: /home/loris/windows-home is a directory, cannot attach Although the link should indeed be treated as a directory, I can't get into it, because it seems to be treated like a file. However, if I use the '/run/user/1000/gvfs/...' path, everything works as it should. With 'find-file' I can also access files via the link, so it does seem to be a Gnus issue. Can anyone shed any light on what is going on? Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) FUB-IT, Freie Universität Berlin
