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24.4.50; saving .gz file breaks file coding

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Message #76 received at 18141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, 18141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, vincent <at> vinc17.net, yamaoka <at> jpl.org
Subject: Re: bug#18141: 24.4.50; saving .gz file breaks file coding
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:51:52 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org,  18141 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  vincent <at> vinc17.net,  yamaoka <at> jpl.org
> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 16:43:05 -0400
> 
> > I think users generally expect this to be a transaction.  And at least
> > on Posix platforms, where rename is an atomic operation, we can
> > achieve this, or come pretty close.
> 
> I think the time-window is inevitable as long as we do "move first, then
> write the new file".  Of course, we could do it the "precious"
> way instead (i.e. write the new file first and then do the needed
> link&unlink to move it into place).

Yes, I meant the latter method.

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