From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8927: 24.0.50; Flaw in C-x v u Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:20:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309130502 6784 80.91.229.12 (26 Jun 2011 23:21:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:21:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8927@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 27 01:21:35 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qaydt-0008TA-01 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:21:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34235 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qaydr-0008Iy-SL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36010) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydU-0008IX-Ny for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydT-0002dH-0q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38301) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydS-0002d9-Kc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydR-0008DK-S4; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8927 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8927-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8927.130913045231555 (code B ref 8927); Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8927) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2011 23:20:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydH-0008Cu-N0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:20:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaydF-0008Ci-FR for 8927@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:20:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qayd9-0006BF-IT; Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:20:43 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 26 Jun 2011 09:10:04 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 19:21:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:47518 Archived-At: > it has just created it. The fix for your problem would presumably be for > vc-revert to only kill the buffer if it did not exist beforehand. Right, that's the least we can do. If C-x v u does make and show a diff, it should do that in a different buffer, so as to preserve the old contents of *vc-diff*. Keeping that buffer but wiping its contents does not fix the problem. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/