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23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 15:04:11 +0200

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org mailing list.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Saving a change with Custom-save deletes the old custom file (in my case
~/.emacs-custom.el).  This is quite annoying if you don't have backups. 


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
 of 2008-05-04 on bzg.ath.cx
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10400090
configured using `configure  '--enable-font-backend' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: fr_FR.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Group

Minor modes in effect:
  gnus-undo-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  pc-selection-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
<C-down> <down> C-e C-a <C-right> C-e C-a <C-down> 
<down> C-e C-a <C-right> C-e C-a <C-up> <up> C-e C-z 
c <f1> C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n j e m a <tab> 
. <backspace> <return> C-u 1 0 0 0 <return> / s c u 
s t o m <return> <C-down> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <C-down> <up> 
<up> <down> <return> M-x r e p o <tab> r <tab> b u 
g <tab> <return> C u s t M-x c u s <tab> C-x C-x o 
C-x o C-x o <tab> C-g C-g <return> <return> <return> 
q g M-x c u s a <tab> - <backspace> <backspace> t <tab> 
C-g M-x c u s <tab> - f a <tab> <return> <return> <C-down> 
<C-down> C-h k C-x C-s C-x 1 C-x k <return> g M-x r 
e p o r <tab> b u <tab> <return> C u s t o m - s a 
v e SPC d e l e t e <C-backspace> o <backspace> o <backspace> 
d e l e t i n g SPC o l d SPC <C-backspace> <C-backspace> 
d e e l <backspace> <backspace> l e t i n g SPC o l 
d . <backspace> SPC ~ / <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
C-z c <backspace> SPC c i <backspace> u s t o m SPC 
C-x o C-z c C-x C-f C-x o C-x o s m d l f k s d m f 
l k s d m f l k s d f C-x o C-x o f i l e C-a C-e <C-left> 
<C-left> <C-backspace> C-e C-a C-e <C-left> C-a C-e 
<C-left> <C-left> <C-left> C-a C-e <C-left> C-e C-a 
C-e <return> C-x o C-e <return> C-x o C-g C-g g M-x 
<up> <return>

Recent messages:
nnml: Reading incoming mail (no new mail)...done
nndiary: Reading incoming mail from file...
nndiary: Reading incoming mail (no new mail)...done
Killed inactive buffer: *Help*.
Entering debugger... [3 times]
Quit [2 times]
nnml: Reading incoming mail from file...
nnml: Reading incoming mail (no new mail)...done
nndiary: Reading incoming mail from file...
nndiary: Reading incoming mail (no new mail)...done

-- 
Bastien

Message #10 received at 188 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org>
Cc: 188 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 23:30:30 -0400

> Saving a change with Custom-save deletes the old custom file (in my
> case ~/.emacs-custom.el).  This is quite annoying if you don't have
> backups.

Could you be more specific?  Please supply an exact recipe for
reproducing this bug.

Thanks.

Message #15 received at 188 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 188 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file
Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 11:21:16 +0200

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

>> Saving a change with Custom-save deletes the old custom file (in my
>> case ~/.emacs-custom.el).  This is quite annoying if you don't have
>> backups.
>
> Could you be more specific?  Please supply an exact recipe for
> reproducing this bug.

Yes, sorry.

Emacs version: GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
2.12.9) of 2008-05-04 on bzg.ath.cx

1. emacs -Q
2. With an existing ~/.emacs-custom.el file, C-x C-e this:

   (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom.el")
   (load custom-file)

3. M-x customize-face RET font-lock-comment-face RET
4. [Don't do changes...]
5. C-x C-s

Then the custom file is now:

,----
| (custom-set-variables
|   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
|   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
|   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
|   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
|  )
| 
| 
| (custom-set-faces
|   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
|   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
|   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
|   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
|  )
`----

As far as I can check, this is a problem with `custom-save-variables'
not writing variables in the custom file if they lack some property. 

Can't help further for now.  

Thanks,

-- 
Bastien

Message #20 received at 188 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org>
Cc: 188 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 22:17:24 -0400

Bastien Guerry <bzg <at> altern.org> writes:

> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. With an existing ~/.emacs-custom.el file, C-x C-e this:
>
>    (setq custom-file "~/.emacs-custom.el")
>    (load custom-file)
>
> 3. M-x customize-face RET font-lock-comment-face RET
> 4. [Don't do changes...]
> 5. C-x C-s
>
> Then the custom file is now:
>
> ,----
> | (custom-set-variables
> |   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
> |   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> |   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> |   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> |  )
> | 
> | 
> | (custom-set-faces
> |   ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
> |   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> |   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> |   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> |  )
> `----
>
> As far as I can check, this is a problem with `custom-save-variables'
> not writing variables in the custom file if they lack some property. 

I don't see any problem.  If the custom-file was originally empty, that
above result is what I see.  But if the custom-file originally contains
customizations (which is not explained in your recipe, but which I
tried), those customizations are not lost.  Where's the problem?

Message #27 received at 188-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 188-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:46 -0400

I also cannot reproduce this, so I am closing this.
If you still see this with the latest version of Emacs, please reply and
we can reopen this if needed.

Chong Yidong wrote:

> I don't see any problem.  If the custom-file was originally empty, that
> above result is what I see.  But if the custom-file originally contains
> customizations (which is not explained in your recipe, but which I
> tried), those customizations are not lost.  Where's the problem?

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