From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rasmus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Async Package.el Feedback Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:20:54 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3rvap09.fsf@gmx.us> References: <21795.9431.463084.313806@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428423676 26519 80.91.229.3 (7 Apr 2015 16:21:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 16:21:16 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 07 18:21:11 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFT-0004Xr-4g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:21:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46901 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFS-0002d8-6g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:21:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFO-0002d1-7M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:21:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFK-0001ML-3Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:21:06 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45504) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFJ-0001MA-Mj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:21:01 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YfWFH-0004TC-Vj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:21:00 +0200 Original-Received: from tsn77-247-182-246.dyn.nltelcom.net ([77.247.182.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:20:59 +0200 Original-Received: from rasmus by tsn77-247-182-246.dyn.nltelcom.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 07 Apr 2015 18:20:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 32 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: tsn77-247-182-246.dyn.nltelcom.net Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAAAAAByaaZbAAAAAmJLR0QA/4ePzL8AAAAJcEhZ cwAAAEgAAABIAEbJaz4AAAINSURBVEjH1ZbLcRtBEENVnRESQShIBZEgFsQwmfgwuxJlzsr20Tyy 5hH9Bz/mHz8f/w0A4F8AiJKImcHfAJDo2DHxJnUCSMl2kkQy8QcAJG+gaWv8AQAo+37eNvwbhaRt 11rfiY+TALgj+iSSH4HPHPb7tdaLxDtAkFR2zl2rq211AHALgLmL1HZ1rcbvAISdMkCSctqmW8AH gNaV8paikiY7ab+HBJlXTTHDjSjuahvhHdg/AsoEfX/JpK1PAK85si2SGIDWgEqj9z7ckdOORZKk r+Lw1OmdLMAksSSTbu7eHDpNbmCPtW3JDS1+W6MXQLySzrUJciPK1BGAOAPSX0BaS7KB0ywBA1Jb wSadlSZtXhb1FeA9qLFN2Vld7arBJ0CS5NgAlD1HDaDTPpAg93tiBlTSNtG5rEOAIuV76cFkNQHP VQJAivqSH7WN5nw1dsYiX07EpDUe7tIGSO4C3xKxzgD2opGcXStcADg/A5I0IM2Z4dcy/wDsotCa UfAAAAAFQr6AMYcvm/OeNEWCtHVtNGk/GAqugABATmI5tvXgQCBBi9iB7Uuc3wt6ASIoCZAJzAw/ /URHj4ttOSKju6cAKfFsitcCR+K3IYDOPvrRtpEdMi/eJGueFNomibAlMDN0/GDUH23XiptEGA60 74CejD1tV7cVhANxH43Hvw7taleSpCsYkk3CJ+AXriLS9q3U4kkAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Sn7GbqG8IGMx8jOpJCy4uf9B+s= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:185083 Archived-At: raman writes: > The yes/no prompt I am talking about: > > In general in emacs, if you attempt to edit a file through its symlink > you get a yes/no prompt saying "Follow symlink?" or some such. > > In the case of package.el -- when I updated 28 packages, I got that > prompt 28 times. I cannot reproduce for a general symlink from emacs -q, but I can reproduce for a file linking to a git-controlled file. To avoid the prompt I set vc-follow-symlinks to non-nil. vc-follow-symlinks is a variable defined in `vc-hooks.el'. Its value is t Original value was ask Documentation: What to do if visiting a symbolic link to a file under version control. Editing such a file through the link bypasses the version control system, which is dangerous and probably not what you want. If this variable is t, VC follows the link and visits the real file, telling you about it in the echo area. If it is `ask', VC asks for confirmation whether it should follow the link. If nil, the link is visited and a warning displayed. —Rasmus -- Send from my Emacs