From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:53:45 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87bogubqjy.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1348581314 31500 80.91.229.3 (25 Sep 2012 13:55:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:55:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Karl Fogel' To: "'Chong Yidong'" , <12507@debbugs.gnu.org> Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 25 15:55:19 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVba-0005e2-Ui for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:55:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49206 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVbV-0004yn-Tw for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:55:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVbS-0004yH-PB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:55:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVbM-0006go-P7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:55:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45753) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVbM-0006ev-MV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:55:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVdG-0005ag-FO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:57:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:57:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 12507 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 12507-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B12507.134858138421449 (code B ref 12507); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:57:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 12507) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Sep 2012 13:56:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55299 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVcX-0005Zu-1L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:48295) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TGVcM-0005Zp-6Q for 12507@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:56:08 -0400 Original-Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q8PDs3FE006354 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:54:04 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q8PDs2Gc016372 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:54:03 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt101.oracle.com (abhmt101.oracle.com [141.146.116.53]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q8PDs2X8009882; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:54:02 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.183.137) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:54:02 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: Ac2a4aA4FcRmX0qESwed9GuShhqc0wAQXhtA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:64875 Archived-At: Why on earth would you relegate this to the wishlist? This is about possible loss of user data. I provided the fix, which takes 5 seconds to implement. What's the problem? Am I wrong that `write-region' does not provide for backups? If not, then this is clearly a bug, and a pretty serious one, IMO. bookmark.el even provides a user option, `bookmark-version-control', for deciding whether and when to make numbered backups of the bookmark file. AFAICT, that cannot possibly work if `write-region' does not create backups, as is apparently the case. FWIW, I made the same fix in Bookmark+. I just think vanilla Emacs should benefit its users as well. Please read the bug report again and reconsider. Thx. > > severity 12507 wishlist > > Bug #12507 [emacs] 24.2.50; `bookmark-write-file': use > > `write-file', not `write-region', to get backups > > Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal'