GNU bug report logs - #12001
24.1.50; vc-diff always talks to CVS repository

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 12001 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 12001 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12001: 24.1.50; vc-diff always talks to CVS repository
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:25:20 +0200

Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:

> This is not happening for me when I edit the Emacs sources.
> The reason seems to be that 
>
>            (vc-call-backend backend 'make-version-backups-p file)
>
> does nothing, because it calls vc-default-make-version-backups-p
> which always returns nil.

make-version-backups-p only returns non-nil for VCS that don't have the
original version locally.

> Indeed, vc-bzr-make-version-backups-p is not defined.
> Should it be?

No VCS other than CVS should need it.

Andreas.

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