From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
Cc: 21699@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21699: 24.5; Bug in backup-buffer-copy and/or set-file-extended-attributes etc [set-file-extended-attributes]
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:38:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <831tcricrz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALO-guu_S3bxAYnnDbMHMqiWBOnjvvxXdsrkmvm=0PeSRCyVLw@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 02:14:40 -0400
> From: Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>
> Cc: 21699@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > Please do tell if the problem happens in "emacs -Q". We need to start
> > from same baseline which we understand. It might be better to also
> > show the results in "emacs -Q" when backup-by-copying is non-nil, but
> > with local files on a Windows volume.
>
> Getting from -Q to a point where the bug(s) are visible means recreating
> the same backup configuration which will take a while. I'll try to get
> that kater, though I don't know how effective that will be.
Please do, I think it's important to start from a known behavior that
we understand.
> >> 2. The `set-file-extended-attributes' function always returns nil,
> >> which is a proper bug:
> >> - In `backup-buffer-copy' its return value is used as if it
> >> indicates whether it succeeded -- that's currently broken
> >> because it always returns nil.
> >
> > That's not a bug: set-file-extended-attributes is not supposed to
> > always return nil.
>
> Yes, I'm saying that it *does* AFAICT always return nil, hence the bug.
>
>
> > When it succeeds, it returns t. It returns nil in your case because
> > it fails; the question is why.
>
> Its body is a single `dotimes' expression, and that always returns nil
> -- do you see any way in which it will return anything else?
Ah, yes, you are right. I was instead looking at what set-file-acl
returns.
So after fixing set-file-extended-attributes as you suggest, does the
problem still happen for you?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-19 6:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-18 4:34 bug#21699: 24.5; Bug in backup-buffer-copy and/or set-file-extended-attributes etc Eli Barzilay
2015-10-18 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-18 21:05 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 5:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 7:57 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 8:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 9:03 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 9:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 9:14 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 6:14 ` bug#21699: 24.5; Bug in backup-buffer-copy and/or set-file-extended-attributes etc [set-file-extended-attributes] Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 6:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2015-10-19 6:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 7:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 7:50 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 8:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 9:10 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 9:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-19 9:47 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-19 10:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2015-10-22 5:43 ` Eli Barzilay
2015-10-23 8:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-22 13:27 ` bug#21699: 24.5; Bug in backup-buffer-copy and/or set-file-extended-attributes etc Lars Ingebrigtsen
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