From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: (no subject) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 17:05:49 -0700 (PDT) Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030810000549.94627.qmail@web21310.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1060474017 19022 80.91.224.253 (10 Aug 2003 00:06:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 10 02:06:55 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19ldjb-0005sh-00 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 02:06:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19ldj8-0006jl-FA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:06:26 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19ldj6-0006jU-9l for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:06:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19ldiZ-0005z2-AS for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:06:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [216.136.173.211] (helo=web21310.mail.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 19ldiY-0005yy-T8 for bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:05:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [128.139.197.31] by web21310.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 09 Aug 2003 17:05:49 PDT Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:5524 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:5524 I noticed this in one of the first Emacs 21 releases, and it is still in 21.3.1 - in bytecomp.el, `byte-compile-file': (while file-exists-p target-file) ;; Remove the target before writing it, so that any ;; hard-links continue to point to the old file (this makes ;; it possible for installed files to share disk space with ;; the build tree, without causing problems when emacs-lisp ;; files in the build tree are recompiled). (delete-file target-file)) This is a hack for developers, and shouldn't be in the releases, in my opinion. For example, it trashes the .elc file permissions, not to speak about symlinks, etc. Best regards, Shuki __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com