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#18125: file-precious-flag breaks symlinks Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:21:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87sfz46vsv.fsf@gnus.org> References: <8boawa800q.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87h7p1iyu4.fsf@gnus.org> <83k0txepux.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28088"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 18125@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 20 16:26:08 2021 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 1mH5TD-00073i-MV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:26:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47322 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5TC-0006nZ-EZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:26:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37232) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5QE-00019J-Dx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5QE-0006we-4v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5QD-0001F9-MF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:23:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:23:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18125 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 18125-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18125.16294693294702 (code B ref 18125); Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18125) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Aug 2021 14:22:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35215 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5PN-0001Dm-6B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:22:09 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:60592) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5PK-0001DC-SA for 18125@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:22:08 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: 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=OSulqlSI7ubdaOvUwDbFl2/VU1aZzoObc3fv0d+JbfA=; b=rZboHCUbsOVyd9HhyCYJ+VpS5z uw59DbtWVhQyNrHxR8v8u6LjBOxTHZWXbGXgsx+dXIHMhVYhRNC5vRtM8KuFkl2Nr3UxS4GW12zsN +Z5YDh623Y+zTaG5Jmd6Fil3V2MN+1qaLPWckQ+wQc044pn/TUTbZ+MMTpEnpUp074Cs=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5PA-0004rQ-2f; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:22:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83k0txepux.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:07:50 +0200") 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:212275 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > IMO, we could provide the alternative behavior as opt-in, conditioned > on a new option. It is not clear to me that everyone will want to > overwrite the target, so an incompatible change here must be an > opt-in. It's a pretty specialised option (which makes it hard to explain), but I get your point about being backwards-compatible in this area. So I've now added the new option and adjusted the code. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no