From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#25375: 25.1; how to configure (x-)select-enable-primary compatible with emacs24 Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:26:44 +0200 Message-ID: <83fukwcoa3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87vatso0vp.fsf@tethera.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1483709393 5337 195.159.176.226 (6 Jan 2017 13:29:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 13:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 25375@debbugs.gnu.org To: David Bremner Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 06 14:29:49 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUaX-0000UT-W3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 14:29:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52800 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUac-00011k-AF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:29:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40619) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXy-0007oi-0A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXu-0007hJ-3T for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:27:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57377) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXu-0007hF-0I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXt-0000gm-Rc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:27:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:27:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 25375 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 25375-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B25375.14837091972614 (code B ref 25375); Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:27:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 25375) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2017 13:26:37 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44543 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXV-0000g6-Dk for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:26:37 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49381) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXT-0000ft-Jy for 25375@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:26:35 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXK-0007RU-HK for 25375@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:26:30 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:57214) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXK-0007RQ-ET; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:26:26 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4657 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cPUXJ-00074K-Lq; Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:26:26 -0500 In-reply-to: <87vatso0vp.fsf@tethera.net> (message from David Bremner on Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:59:06 -0400) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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 Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:127832 Archived-At: > From: David Bremner > Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:59:06 -0400 > > Like many people I share emacs configuration between emacs 24 and emacs > 25. > > Emacs 25.1 customize wants to clean up by deleting obsolete variables, > and in particular x-select-enable-primary. Unfortunately this breaks my > workflow for for emacs 24. Can you describe the scenario in more detail? Are you customarily run customize, even after your basic configuration is set up? Otherwise, I don't understand what is the trigger for that "cleanup". > I believe the docstring for select-enable-primary is incorrect in > stating the variable is available since 24.1 Yes, that appears to be a typo; I fixed it now. Thanks.