From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: set-file-extended-attributes and backups Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:37:52 -0500 Message-ID: References: <83obhntq1m.fsf@gnu.org> <83txreow75.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356269889 30322 80.91.229.3 (23 Dec 2012 13:38:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 23 14:38:24 2012 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 1Tmll0-0007J7-Sd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:38:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44954 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tmlkm-0003xn-FQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:38:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51197) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tmlke-0003xP-G0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:38:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Tmlkd-0007cz-1i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:38:00 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:17360) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TmlkX-0007cB-TQ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:37:53 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAG6Zu09FxLDj/2dsb2JhbABEtBGBCIIWAQVWIxALNBIUGA0kiCG6CZBEA4hCmnGBWIMH X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="210595022" Original-Received: from 69-196-176-227.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.176.227]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 23 Dec 2012 08:37:52 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4BDED58EA5; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:37:52 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <83txreow75.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:03:58 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.182 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:155805 Archived-At: >> > + (ignore-errors >> > + (set-file-extended-attributes to-name extended-attributes)))) >> I'd use something like with-demoted-errors instead. > What about the race condition pointed out by Paul? Should we try > set-file-extended-attributes first, and fall back on set-file-modes if > that fails (after displaying a message)? That sounds fine, yes. Stefan