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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern@gmx.net>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:07:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1IOmwA-0001qQ-UJ@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46CE8501.9040307@gmx.net> (message from Martin von Gagern on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:13:05 +0200)

    I didn't write that patch, but I guess there could be a purpose for it.
    Namely it could help deleting a file in vain. If there are Filesystems
    that let you delete a writable file even though you can't create new
    ones in a non-writable dir, then without those lines, emacs would delete
    an old backup only to find out that it can't create a new one.

That sounds like a good reason.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-08-25  4:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.5018.1187641790.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-20 22:01 ` backup-buffer-copy loops if old backup can't be deleted Martin von Gagern
     [not found] ` <mailman.5021.1187647310.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-21 12:18   ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 14:37     ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 14:51       ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21 15:28         ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 19:35         ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-21 21:01           ` martin rudalics
2007-08-21 21:50             ` Glenn Morris
2007-08-22  9:13               ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22  9:44                 ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22  9:48                   ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22 12:40                     ` martin rudalics
2007-08-22 21:37                     ` Michael Schierl
2007-08-21 22:21             ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-22  9:51               ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-23 20:59     ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-24  7:13       ` Martin von Gagern
2007-08-24  9:10         ` martin rudalics
2007-08-25  4:07           ` Richard Stallman
2007-08-25  4:07         ` Richard Stallman [this message]
     [not found]     ` <mailman.5219.1187902794.32220.bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-08-24  6:11       ` Ulrich Mueller
2007-08-20 19:58 Martin von Gagern
2007-08-21  6:50 ` martin rudalics

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