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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:44:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.2.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #156 received at 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: kfogel <at> red-bean.com, cyd <at> gnu.org, 12507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12507: [debbugs-tracker] Processed: severity 12507 wishlist
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:58:30 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Maybe this would be a good feature to have, but going back to the
> original problem of bookmark file, I think that the easiest fix is to
> go back to using write-file.

Sure; I have no opinion about going back to using write-file in
bookmark.el, but Karl's backup-file (or whatever it's going to be
called) patch should be applied in any case.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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