From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: debug-on-error doesn't catch 'cannot write backup file' Date: 23 Dec 2002 06:48:53 +0800 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r8c97jqi.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040602920 27895 80.91.224.249 (23 Dec 2002 00:22:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QGM2-0007Fk-00 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:21:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QGLp-0007Gp-03 for gnu-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:21:45 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QGLP-0006pA-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:21:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QGL7-00063o-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:21:03 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.224.249]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18QGL7-000626-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:21:01 -0500 Original-Received: from root by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QGKY-0007BA-00 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:20:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: from news by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18QG1d-0006GP-00 for ; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:00:53 +0100 Original-Path: jidanni.org!news Original-Lines: 9 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:4077 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:4077 I did (set-variable (quote debug-on-error) t) but that was not enough to start the dubugger when one hit "Cannot write backup file; backing up in %backup%~" True, I use backup-dir.el, but those words aren't from there. And maybe it should give the whole path for where it is putting the backup, I can't seem to find it. Odd too that as root I couldn't backup to where I please. I had used EDITOR=emacs exim -Meb ... -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780