GNU bug report logs - #13522
24.2; save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 25.1, 23.2, 23.1, 24.1, 24.4, 23.4, 24.2, 23.3

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Message #8 received at 13522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
Cc: 13522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13522: 24.2;
	save-buffer removes edited file under some conditions
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:28:27 -0500

Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> 1. Create a file with: printf "\x80" > file
> 2. Open the file under X Window with: emacs -Q file
> 3. Modify the file e.g. by adding a space.
> 4. Type C-x C-s
>    At this point, Emacs asks the user to select a coding system.
> 5. Type C-c in the terminal to kill Emacs.
>
> The result is that the file "file" is no longer there!

I can't reproduce this with 24.2.
Here I have both "file" and "#file", no "file~".

> Actually there is a backup. Here it is easy to see (file~), but
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