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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Ken Olum <kdo@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: infinite loop from unwriteable backup files
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:13:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kctzl54qsk.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1JHNJR-0007Rs-Dk@cosmos.phy.tufts.edu> (Ken Olum's message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:53:29 -0500")

Ken Olum wrote:

> If you try to modify a file in a write-protected directory in which
> there is already a backup file for the file you are editing, then
> emacs goes into an infinite loop when you attempt to save the modified
> buffer.

Thanks for the report. This is already fixed. The fix will be in Emacs
22.2.




      reply	other threads:[~2008-01-22 19:13 UTC|newest]

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2008-01-22 17:53 infinite loop from unwriteable backup files Ken Olum
2008-01-22 19:13 ` Glenn Morris [this message]

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