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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Karl Fogel <kfogel <at> red-bean.com>, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>, 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 16:18:54 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> No, `write-region' should not, itself, make a backup file.

No, but there should perhaps be a global mechanism for modes to decide
whether the data it writes should have backup files, and these modes
should then call a wrapper around `write-region' that does this stuff.

And it should be user-customisable, if it exists.

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