From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Jackson Hamilton <jackson@jacksonrayhamilton.com>
Cc: 23050@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23050: package.el overwrites symlinks when saving "(package-initialize)"
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jq37rnp6hj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGiE8Aw73cf7p0LGyUrVSqU5P6tf8zJZsk=bQ6epM23UA9YCaQ@mail.gmail.com> (Jackson Hamilton's message of "Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:53:30 -0700")
Jackson Hamilton wrote:
> When I create a symlink in my ~/.emacs.d directory to my init.el file at
> some other location, and the init file does not have "(package-initialize)"
> inside it, then when package.el adds the "(package-initialize)" line to my
> init file on startup, instead of updating the original file, it seems to
> make a copy of the symlinked file in the ~/.emacs.d directory.
I see the relevant code binds file-precious-flag, so this is
http://debbugs.gnu.org/18125 .
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-19 2:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-18 6:53 bug#23050: package.el overwrites symlinks when saving "(package-initialize)" Jackson Hamilton
2016-03-19 2:05 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-03-19 2:13 ` Glenn Morris
2016-03-22 16:51 ` bug#23050: package.el overwrites symlinks when saving Bogolisk
2016-05-23 0:40 ` bug#23050: package.el overwrites symlinks when saving "(package-initialize)" Paul Eggert
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