From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#56291: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:22:12 +0200 Message-ID: <871qv7lqgb.fsf@gnus.org> References: <62574.1656464407@alto> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8151"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 56291@debbugs.gnu.org To: Mike Kupfer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 29 12:27:44 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Uv9-0001uY-9M for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:27:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37552 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Uv7-0002QQ-H4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:27:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38470) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Uqc-0007hu-MK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:35503) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Uqc-0004SR-DK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Uqc-0007cu-9x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:23:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 56291 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 56291-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B56291.165649814429231 (code B ref 56291); Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 56291) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Jun 2022 10:22:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57626 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Upz-0007bP-Nx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:22:23 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:58154) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Upy-0007bC-HT for 56291@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:22:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID :In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=/2TfCDJsG2TUSOqI25ukfWnFUH6NocgRYHigikOT6XI=; b=F12BFqkdg1NtShdJp02xtGQ91o CL0CrCQfi1OlGGUp7VYss4FlmGOUGe+HMG4/GDVDEsJXnvxZ+yF3z5HsMCKIARzOWKXuFY4Gp1PYK 07x9t4hAp6nRZ7RPMjm8vAeYbUChoNrQV/INpei7GEOkL6ppD9JCsIXODX/xlPR/4uCI=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o6Upp-0006GG-3O; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:22:15 +0200 X-Now-Playing: The Body's _I've Seen All I Need To See_: "A Lament" In-Reply-To: <62574.1656464407@alto> (Mike Kupfer's message of "Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:00:07 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:235614 Archived-At: Mike Kupfer writes: > Awhile back, I wanted to get numbered backup files for my Gnus > .newsrc.eld file, at least for a few days until I figured out why it was > getting trashed occasionally. It took me quite some time to get it to > work, because I didn't know about gnus-backup-startup-file, and I > misunderstood part of the Info page "Backup Names". That page says > > You can have Emacs set =E2=80=98version-control=E2=80=99 locally when= ever you visit > a given file (*note File Variables::). Some modes, such as Rmail > mode, set this variable. > > I think that last sentence would be clearer as > > Some packages, such as Rmail, override the global setting of > =E2=80=98version-control=E2=80=99 in this manner. I don't think that's correct, though? rmail-mode doesn't use file variables, it does: (setq-local version-control 'never) So it doesn't set version-control "in this manner", as far as I can tell? --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no