* bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
@ 2011-08-15 14:52 Stefan Klinger
2011-08-15 21:12 ` Glenn Morris
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From: Stefan Klinger @ 2011-08-15 14:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9304
Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run ‘emacs -Q’, type ‘M-x report-emacs-bug’. This fails with the message “make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts”. No further information is provided.
Directory ${HOME}/Mail is write protected intentionally. IMHO bug reports should be created in a somewhat temporary location.
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GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2011-04-10 on brahms, modified by Debian
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* bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
2011-08-15 14:52 bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected Stefan Klinger
@ 2011-08-15 21:12 ` Glenn Morris
2011-08-17 21:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Glenn Morris @ 2011-08-15 21:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Klinger; +Cc: 9304, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
Stefan Klinger wrote:
> Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run 'emacs -Q', type 'M-x report-emacs-bug'. This fails with the message "make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts". No further information is provided.
I was going to say that this won't happen in Emasc 24.1, due to the
changes from http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4432,
but it still does.
Perhaps
(defcustom message-auto-save-directory
(if (file-exists-p message-directory)
(file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "drafts" message-directory))
"~/")
should use `file-writable-p' instead of `file-exists-p'.
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* bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
2011-08-15 21:12 ` Glenn Morris
@ 2011-08-17 21:39 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 2011-08-17 21:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: 9304
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> Perhaps
>
> (defcustom message-auto-save-directory
> (if (file-exists-p message-directory)
> (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "drafts" message-directory))
> "~/")
>
> should use `file-writable-p' instead of `file-exists-p'.
I've now done this.
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