bug#12769: 24.2; Files won't save on Macintosh/Mountain Lion

["Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>]

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Hello.

I can't reproduce this.  Are you sure you started with -Q?

	Jan D.

30 okt 2012 kl. 20:25 skrev John Croix <jcroix@mac.com>:

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> 
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and
> the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give a recipe
> starting from `emacs -Q':
> 
> 
> I've tried to install Emacs 24.2 from multiple sources:
> http://emacsformacosx, the GNU sources (configure --with-ns), and
> MacPorts.  All of them have the same problem on *two* different Macintosh
> computers running Mountain Lion.  Emacs 23.4 works just fine.  BTW, I've
> been using emacs for about 20 years, so the bug (saving a file to disk)
> isn't pilot error.
> 
> When I start emacs and create a new file (~/abc) and type
> something into it, the two asterisks appear to show that the buffer is
> modified.  When I attempt to save it, I get the message "Saving file
> /Users/jcroix/abc...".  However, the message never goes away, the two
> asterisks never disappear, and the file is never written.
> 
> If I look at my directory, I can see the restore file ".#abc ->
> jcroix@mac-jcroix.cadence.com.24380" with a size of 35, but the file
> "abc" is not present.
> 
> When I attempt to quit emacs (^x ^c), I get the message "Save file
> /Users/jcroix/abc? (y, n, !, ., q, C-r, d or C-h)" at which point I hit
> "y".  Up pops a message "Modified buffers exist; exit anyway? (yes or
> no)".  If I type "no", I remain in edit mode, and the two asterisks are
> still present.  If I type "yes", the save file is deleted but the file
> "abc" is absent.
> 
> There are no errors in the "*Messages*" buffer.  Here are the contents
> of that buffer:
>   Loading delsel...done
>   Loading paren...done
>   For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
>   (New file)
>   Saving file /Users/jcroix/abc...
> So it's trying to save it -- it just doesn't manage to do so.
> 
> 
> If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
> please include the output from the following gdb commands:
>     `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
> For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
> /opt/local/share/emacs/24.2/etc/DEBUG.
> 
> 
> In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.2.0, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars)
>  of 2012-10-30 on mac-jcroix.cadence.com
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11300000
> Configured using:
>  `configure '--prefix=/opt/local' '--without-dbus' '--without-gconf'
>  '--without-libotf' '--without-m17n-flt' '--without-gpm'
>  '--without-gnutls' '--without-xml2' '--infodir'
>  '/opt/local/share/info/emacs' '--with-x-toolkit=lucid'
>  '--without-xaw3d' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--with-gif'
>  '--with-png' '--without-rsvg' '--with-xft' 'CC=/usr/bin/clang'
>  'CFLAGS=-pipe -O2 -arch x86_64' 'LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib -lfreetype
>  -lfontconfig -Wl,-no_pie -arch x86_64' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include''
> 
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
> 
> Major mode: Lisp Interaction
> 
> Minor modes in effect:
>   show-paren-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   tool-bar-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   font-lock-mode: t
>   blink-cursor-mode: t
>   auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   column-number-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
> 
> Recent input:
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <escape> x r e 
> p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>
> 
> Recent messages:
> Loading delsel...done
> Loading paren...done
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> 
> Load-path shadows:
> None found.
> 
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> rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util mail-prsvr mail-utils paren delsel cus-start
> cus-load time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel
> x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page
> menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock
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> case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs
> button faces cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64
> format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable
> backquote make-network-process dynamic-setting system-font-setting
> font-render-setting x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)
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