From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#71074: 29.3; When doing a backup, the file is missing during interactive questions Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:42:26 +0300 Message-ID: <86ikz78hfx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20240520010748.GB323381@qaa.vinc17.org> <86pltgaff3.fsf@gnu.org> <20240521084416.GH2665@qaa.vinc17.org> <86msoj8iui.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="7766"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 71074@debbugs.gnu.org To: vincent@vinc17.net Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue May 21 14:43:37 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1s9Oq8-0001o9-OC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 14:43:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s9Opd-0000K2-5k; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:43:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s9Opa-0000Jn-Aq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s9OpU-0003ra-Mx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1s9OpZ-0005Mb-Qh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:43:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:43:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 71074 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 71074-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B71074.171629536120603 (code B ref 71074); Tue, 21 May 2024 12:43:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 71074) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 May 2024 12:42:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48969 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1s9OpF-0005MF-JF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45140) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1s9OpE-0005M5-1V for 71074@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:42:41 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1s9Op3-0003gI-Bm; Tue, 21 May 2024 08:42:29 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=J+04GhE+uHMe91AJY5hElz65oV4URKWVMq8g3t9nt4U=; b=P4w91AQciVTd tDSOPDXnOf3NaataJwAYMRCvRm5iDj3+Ebq8VKsUjjPdER+Vi1pYQ4BPVNeV+aHQiRPik6Q3nO7PD u6C5cSzeKXicwneyiY8qzF/DVQl7/tZ8UzqtZQUTs5pUdu6MxFbBt7esQElSzi+rvFF/SD2DRei0w WEZPrt4qyTEJE2o/ObZgtpG010WwJaWAJVGOILNk/7Di8VgiOO22JcFPz67fHUNTdNbbsOb6aC5iP lxPg0iDutQT6XuorUCaZiRY66lAAlUqNNDrX11dMjgHqU2t0kxbaGFl4jQHEzIjEfFN6fmdcG0+Tw 8ybqyCmNe0vG0f3PNCSpXw==; In-Reply-To: <86msoj8iui.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Tue, 21 May 2024 15:12:05 +0300) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:285532 Archived-At: > Cc: 71074@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:12:05 +0300 > From: Eli Zaretskii > > So I don't see how we could significantly change this situation > without losing very useful features, and therefore I think > backup-by-copying is the best solution we can provide in such cases. Actually, an alternative is to customize file-precious-flag to a non-nil value.