From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23050: package.el overwrites symlinks when saving "(package-initialize)" Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1458353177 17625 80.91.229.3 (19 Mar 2016 02:06:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 23050@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jackson Hamilton Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 19 03:06:08 2016 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 1ah6HH-00060h-PI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 03:06:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47166 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6HH-00016F-18 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48398) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6HD-00014e-45 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6HC-0007nF-6H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:55990) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6HC-0007nB-32 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6HB-0002DT-VH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23050 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23050-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23050.14583531528501 (code B ref 23050); Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23050) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Mar 2016 02:05:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53117 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6H2-0002D3-6A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57375) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6Gz-0002Cq-Pr for 23050@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:50 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6Gu-0007lg-0E for 23050@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:44 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36161) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6Gh-0007jv-Vo; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ah6Gf-00068O-89; Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:05:29 -0400 X-Spook: e-bomb anarchy Palestine Liberation Organization Cohiba X-Ran: 0szE)?Ry9\mm2"r]?{.uRpq/p},Ktp^3wixMbjRut'c-M{.e8m_b\h]f`/O%doncPy'|Xt X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Jackson Hamilton's message of "Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:53:30 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:115067 Archived-At: 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 .