Subject: Re: bug#23998: 25.1.50; inconsistent docstring of file-ownership-preserved-p

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:01:25 +0200

Version: 25.2

Michael Albinus <[email-masked]> writes:

> The docstring of file-ownership-preserved-p says: "Return nil if FILE
> does not exist...". However, the implementation contains the comment:
>
> ;; Return t if the file doesn't exist, since it's true that no
> ;; information would be lost by an (attempted) delete and create.
>
> Given, that this comment and the corresponding implementation exist for
> more than 20 years, I propose to fix the docstring.

No News is Good News. I've fixed the docstring, closing the bug.

Best regards, Michael.