GNU bug report logs - #12507
24.2.50; `bookmark-write-file': use `write-file', not `write-region', to get backups

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Message #122 received at 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 'Karl Fogel' <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>, 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:02:38 +0200

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org> writes:

> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> It would be annoying litter the filesystem with backups for every
> internal configuration file.  The abbrev file and desktop file are not
> backed up either, and I think that's fine.
>
> I wouldn't mind adding a global feature to optionally enable backups for
> such files.

Indeed; data files are normally not backed up, and the bookmark file is
one such file.  So I'm closing this bug report.

If somebody wants a global "make write-region make backup files"
(possibly on a per-mode basis?), then a new bug report should be opened.

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