Package: emacs;
Reported by: Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore <at> gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:19:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo, notabug
Found in version 24.2
Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
View this message in rfc822 format
From: Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore <at> gmail.com> To: 12437 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#12437: 24.2; Edits to buffer does not get written to the file (Issue Does not happen in 23.x version) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:54:34 -0700
I found another user complaining about the same issue here - http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-7139116.html But I am unable to figure out whether any hooks are getting executed when I do a save-buffer On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore <at> gmail.com> wrote: > Is is possible that emacs 24.2 is not honoring the umask setting...? > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Vishwajith Singh <vnsblore <at> gmail.com> wrote: >> Issue: 24.2; Edits to buffer does not get written to the file whereas >> the same file can be edited in emacs-23.3 without issues. >> >> Here's what happens - >> >> emacs 24.2 >> ========== >> 1) Open a file with permissions "-rwxrwxrwx". >> The modeline shows "---" indicating that the file is writable. >> 2) Edit the file >> The modeline show "**-" >> 3) Save the file... >> The modebuffer shows "Saving file..." >> The modeline still shows "**-" >> 3) Now try quitting the buffer. >> The modeline shows "Changes made to the file, quit anyway..." >> Strange message since the changes were saved in step 2. >> If you quit, the changes are lost. >> >> emacs 23.x >> ========== >> 1) OPen the same file in older emacs 23.X version and go thourgh the >> same steps. No issues and the changes are savsed and the buffer can be >> quit... >> >> Why is this happening in 24.2? >> >> >> ================================================================== >> In GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) >> of 2012-09-11 on lca-700s >> Windowing system distributor `Hummingbird - Open Text', version 11.0.13800 >> Configured using: >> `configure '--prefix=/usr/local/emacs-24.2'' >> >> Important settings: >> value of $LC_ALL: nil >> value of $LC_COLLATE: nil >> value of $LC_CTYPE: nil >> value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil >> value of $LC_MONETARY: nil >> value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil >> value of $LC_TIME: nil >> value of $LANG: C >> value of $XMODIFIERS: nil >> locale-coding-system: nil >> default enable-multibyte-characters: t >> >> Major mode: Shell >> >> Minor modes in effect: >> dirtrack-mode: t >> show-paren-mode: t >> shell-dirtrack-mode: t >> recentf-mode: t >> tooltip-mode: t >> mouse-wheel-mode: t >> tool-bar-mode: t >> menu-bar-mode: t >> file-name-shadow-mode: t >> global-font-lock-mode: t >> font-lock-mode: t >> blink-cursor-mode: t >> auto-composition-mode: t >> auto-encryption-mode: t >> auto-compression-mode: t >> column-number-mode: t >> line-number-mode: t >> transient-mark-mode: t >> >> Recent input: >> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> >> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> >> <backspace> 9 C-s C-s C-s C-s C-x C-s M-k C-g C-x C-s >> M-k y l s SPC - l SPC <return> c d SPC - <return> l >> s SPC - l SPC <return> c d SPC - <return> C-x <escape> >> <escape> <return> <return> C-x C-s M-k y l s SPC - >> l SPC h s <tab> s <tab> <return> l s SPC - a l <return> >> C-x C-f h s _ a s <tab> <return> C-s C-s C-s <left> >> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> >> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> >> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <left> >> <left> <backspace> 9 C-x C-s M-k y <help-echo> <help-echo> >> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-5> >> <mouse-5> <double-down-mouse-5> <double-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> >> <triple-mouse-5> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> >> <triple-down-mouse-5> <triple-mouse-5> <down-mouse-5> >> <mouse-5> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> w h i c h SPC e >> m a c s <return> n e d i t SPC h s <tab> a a <backspace> >> <tab> <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-s C-s C-x >> C-f M-p <return> C-s C-s C-s C-s C-x C-s <return> <backspace> >> <return> C-x C-s M-k <backspace> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> >> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> M-k y <f11> >> <f12> e <backspace> a SPC | SPC g r e p SPC e m a c >> s <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-1> >> $ E M A S <backspace> C S _ O L D <return> <down-mouse-1> >> <mouse-1> M-x r e p o <tab> r t <tab> - <tab> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <tab> <tab> <tab> >> <tab> <tab> <tab> <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> >> <tab> <tab> <return> >> >> Recent messages: >> Buffer hs_async_scheduler.v modified; kill anyway? (y or n) y >> scroll-up: End of buffer >> Mark saved where search started [2 times] >> (No changes need to be saved) >> Saving file /proj/sycmr0/wa/vsingh/tmp/vault/ip_design/usb3_host_core/August_6_2012/mrvl_host_vpp/asic_release/src/xhci/transaction_scheduler/hs_async_scheduler.v... >> Buffer hs_async_scheduler.v modified; kill anyway? (y or n) n >> Buffer hs_async_scheduler.v modified; kill anyway? (y or n) y >> Mark set >> /proj/sycmr0/wa/vsingh/tmp/vault/ip_design/usb3_host_core/August_6_2012/mrvl_host_vpp/asic_release/src/xhci/transaction_scheduler >> Making completion list... [2 times] >> >> Load-path shadows: >> None found. >> >> Features: >> (shadow mail-extr emacsbug message rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode >> mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader >> sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mail-utils executable tabify >> verilog-mode skeleton compile diff ffap misearch multi-isearch make-mode >> help-mode view pcmpl-unix autoinsert sunrise-commander tramp >> tramp-compat auth-source eieio assoc gnus-util mm-util mail-prsvr >> password-cache format-spec tramp-loaddefs esh-var esh-io esh-cmd esh-ext >> esh-proc esh-arg eldoc esh-groups eshell esh-util esh-module esh-mode >> dired-aux desktop term ehelp electric sort hl-line find-dired disp-table >> enriched dired-x dired derived jka-compr protbuf dirtrack vc-hg linum >> paren cus-start cus-load ediff-trees ediff-merg ediff-diff ediff-wind >> ediff-help ediff-util ediff-mult ediff-init ediff breadcrumb byte-opt >> warnings bytecomp byte-compile cconv macroexp shell-command shell >> pcomplete comint regexp-opt ansi-color ring column-marker color-theme cl >> recentf tree-widget wid-edit easymenu tabbar easy-mmode hide-lines >> hide-region advice help-fns advice-preload setnu ibs edmacro kmacro >> time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd >> tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page menu-bar >> rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax >> facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese >> tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak >> czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook >> jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces >> cus-face files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env >> code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote >> make-network-process dynamic-setting font-render-setting x-toolkit x >> multi-tty emacs)
GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham,
1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd,
1994-97 Ian Jackson.