From unknown Sat Aug 16 22:45:59 2025 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file Reply-To: Bastien Guerry , 188@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Bastien Guerry Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 188 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12099062919894 (code B ref -1); Sun, 04 May 2008 13:10:04 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 May 2008 13:04:51 +0000 Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (mercure.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.67]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m44D4kqM009887 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 06:04:48 -0700 Received: by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7E5832CFD09; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Received: from pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca (pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.52]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359DF2CFCF8 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA433B8B43 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54359 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JsdtQ-0003Yi-TO for monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:40 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt7-0003YU-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt6-0003YE-QG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57732 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt6-0003YB-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:20 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt6-0001nT-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:20 -0400 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:51694) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdsc-0004yG-QU for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:03:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt1-0001mQ-JX for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:19 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt1-0001mE-4G for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:15 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so113362fgb.30 for ; Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=cfXvwzoyNZBrcPkLtsyBX4nEZRneYfPKrAx9lqoGDkA=; b=Qfb7KPObvKuzLCgMkmhD058WnB7wFC3hmuA2NDKkUHiFYmQcKydb9DHwwdGoVNSeXtfVYipwpOS3z8itSZJjsXiyhRhqznw2zmPOUw3I4nCPrdYAizsesbTLGCySvWO5WmzzvrHj1neWznjB/+/1QumtrUet4bpzN1u7pTvXkGI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=ZyvVdhoewKO3vnt82j3/r9ks2AOLtZ+4M+qujN1irRyQ7qIpdQBQSyVuhk2u3VROOX85Igaz3kVqHctNbb9th4S0RhUoWBAOEMK4G3hTyZemHB/y2RKbeqi/iiV2Jz3KwxL34JmkxMdhEBSP2F/L6xawDOt16/ie2CjGLdsu5pk= Received: by 10.86.54.3 with SMTP id c3mr7688790fga.58.1209906254228; Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [88.140.24.142]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm3826389fgg.6.2008.05.04.06.04.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8B897157686; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:04:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Bastien Guerry To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 15:04:11 +0200 Message-ID: <877ieap6es.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Cc: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-1.873, requis 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, RCVD_BY_IP 0.07, RECEIVED_FROM_NOUNK 0.66, SPF_HELO_PASS -0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org 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@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-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-z c C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n j e m a . 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[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 From unknown Sat Aug 16 22:45:59 2025 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 188@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 03:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 188 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 188-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B188.121004491621138 (code B ref 188); Tue, 06 May 2008 03:40:04 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=4.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at 188) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 May 2008 03:35:16 +0000 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m463ZC3V020897 for <188@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Mon, 5 May 2008 20:35:14 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C1A1A4E304; Mon, 5 May 2008 23:30:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: Bastien Guerry Cc: 188@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 23:30:30 -0400 Message-ID: <87lk2oaz3d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > 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. From unknown Sat Aug 16 22:45:59 2025 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file Reply-To: Bastien Guerry , 188@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Bastien Guerry Original-Sender: Bastien Guerry Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 188 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 188-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B188.121006569310899 (code B ref 188); Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:03 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=4.0 tests=FVGT_m_MULTI_ODD autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at 188) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 6 May 2008 09:21:33 +0000 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.184]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m469LMHY010789 for <188@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 6 May 2008 02:21:24 -0700 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f40so1124686fka.1 for <188@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 06 May 2008 02:21:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=dMhBe9F/+wlFMSfZcEGSpFrFzhW3iairlJ1p2ip8VlU=; b=sHRZZ2LqamDnmc2IN+QFRfTk800GjFqM3R4bZ1fFXyFoNitr0OA82YuD8I0/sj0rmkeUTZpyKSH5NvtSSbWjbTO5r7QW3eMFL50AxjPgorMIMgjR1qU7Z6VnY4EW5OgN6Vi5glkVehHiq/7g6J36HALhLEtsfbOFziA6IopQLo8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=p5wO9eVFILPNqHx0mdAQrz9fh57GKFvkXSZCh2VAEms2OXjPqeHUMn3u6C5QMwT1UXYofQr1+Zch1GbiqUeaUrRSKzII2u2NJbHbBefg2PZwwiBFmj8YULauuAY7Se0qq7vflR03mdBOS+2s/+POoPC+Um70CE4hSq4RpX5Dm3U= Received: by 10.86.28.2 with SMTP id b2mr1046711fgb.78.1210065682541; Tue, 06 May 2008 02:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [129.199.81.119]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n10sm734568mue.14.2008.05.06.02.21.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 06 May 2008 02:21:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ED5BB1575B9; Tue, 6 May 2008 11:21:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Bastien Guerry To: Chong Yidong Cc: 188@debbugs.gnu.org In-Reply-To: <87lk2oaz3d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 05 May 2008 23:30:30 -0400") References: <87lk2oaz3d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 11:21:16 +0200 Message-ID: <87zlr394ab.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Bastien Guerry Chong Yidong 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 From unknown Sat Aug 16 22:45:59 2025 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Subject: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file Reply-To: Chong Yidong , 188@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Resent-To: bug-submit-list@lists.donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 02:30:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 188 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool by 188-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B188.12102133346670 (code B ref 188); Thu, 08 May 2008 02:30:03 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=4.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at 188) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 8 May 2008 02:22:14 +0000 Received: from cyd.mit.edu (CYD.MIT.EDU [18.115.2.24]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m482MAOO006664 for <188@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 7 May 2008 19:22:12 -0700 Received: by cyd.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A9E7F4E4DA; Wed, 7 May 2008 22:17:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Chong Yidong To: Bastien Guerry Cc: 188@debbugs.gnu.org References: <87lk2oaz3d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87zlr394ab.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 22:17:24 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zlr394ab.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien Guerry's message of "Tue, 06 May 2008 11:21:16 +0200") Message-ID: <87myn1y1xn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Bastien Guerry 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? From unknown Sat Aug 16 22:45:59 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.427 (Entity 5.427) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Bastien Guerry Subject: bug#188: closed (Re: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file) Message-ID: References: <7poc11ttq5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <877ieap6es.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 188 X-Gnu-PR-Package: emacs X-Gnu-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Reply-To: 188@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:52:03 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1310352723-26303-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1310352723-26303-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 188@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 188: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D188 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1310352723-26303-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 188-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jul 2011 02:51:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qg6bC-0006ph-Hw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:54 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qg6b9-0006pQ-JX for 188-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:52 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39723) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qg6b4-0002ly-8y; Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:46 -0400 From: Glenn Morris To: 188-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#188: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file References: <87lk2oaz3d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87zlr394ab.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87myn1y1xn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Spook: blackjack SAFE Semtex defense information warfare UNSCOM X-Ran: -q'Nxg";(tqnX"U8b+A6+u(+B21|=<&U]R99fPB}Zx2TuBDdX#!6LVARdfCF,5`R1+ow'+ X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:51:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87myn1y1xn.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Wed, 07 May 2008 22:17:24 -0400") Message-ID: <7poc11ttq5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 188-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.4 (------) 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? ------------=_1310352723-26303-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >From monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Sun May 4 06:04:51 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2007-08-08) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=4.0 tests=FOURLA autolearn=no version=3.2.3-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 May 2008 13:04:51 +0000 Received: from mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (mercure.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.67]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m44D4kqM009887 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 06:04:48 -0700 Received: by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7E5832CFD09; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:46 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca Received: from pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca (pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.52]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 359DF2CFCF8 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by pinpin.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA433B8B43 for ; Sun, 4 May 2008 09:04:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54359 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JsdtQ-0003Yi-TO for monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:40 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt7-0003YU-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt6-0003YE-QG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57732 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jsdt6-0003YB-LW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:20 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt6-0001nT-Ab for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:20 -0400 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]:51694) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdsc-0004yG-QU for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:03:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt1-0001mQ-JX for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:19 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jsdt1-0001mE-4G for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Sun, 04 May 2008 09:04:15 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so113362fgb.30 for ; Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:subject:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; bh=cfXvwzoyNZBrcPkLtsyBX4nEZRneYfPKrAx9lqoGDkA=; b=Qfb7KPObvKuzLCgMkmhD058WnB7wFC3hmuA2NDKkUHiFYmQcKydb9DHwwdGoVNSeXtfVYipwpOS3z8itSZJjsXiyhRhqznw2zmPOUw3I4nCPrdYAizsesbTLGCySvWO5WmzzvrHj1neWznjB/+/1QumtrUet4bpzN1u7pTvXkGI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type:sender; b=ZyvVdhoewKO3vnt82j3/r9ks2AOLtZ+4M+qujN1irRyQ7qIpdQBQSyVuhk2u3VROOX85Igaz3kVqHctNbb9th4S0RhUoWBAOEMK4G3hTyZemHB/y2RKbeqi/iiV2Jz3KwxL34JmkxMdhEBSP2F/L6xawDOt16/ie2CjGLdsu5pk= Received: by 10.86.54.3 with SMTP id c3mr7688790fga.58.1209906254228; Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bzg.ath.cx ( [88.140.24.142]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 4sm3826389fgg.6.2008.05.04.06.04.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 04 May 2008 06:04:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by bzg.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8B897157686; Sun, 4 May 2008 15:04:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Bastien Guerry To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110009 (No Gnus v0.9) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 15:04:11 +0200 Message-ID: <877ieap6es.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Cc: Subject: 23.0.60; Custom-save deleting custom file X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-1.873, requis 5, BAYES_00 -2.60, RCVD_BY_IP 0.07, RECEIVED_FROM_NOUNK 0.66, SPF_HELO_PASS -0.00) X-DIRO-MailScanner-From: emacs-devel-bounces+monnier=iro.umontreal.ca@gnu.org 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@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-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-z c C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n j e m a . C-u 1 0 0 0 / s c u s t o m M-x r e p o r b u g C u s t M-x c u s C-x C-x o C-x o C-x o C-g C-g q g M-x c u s a - t C-g M-x c u s - f a C-h k C-x C-s C-x 1 C-x k g M-x r e p o r b u C u s t o m - s a v e SPC d e l e t e o o d e l e t i n g SPC o l d SPC d e e l l e t i n g SPC o l d . SPC ~ / C-z c SPC c i 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-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-a C-e C-e C-a C-e C-x o C-e C-x o C-g C-g g M-x 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 ------------=_1310352723-26303-1--