GNU bug report logs - #34093
auto-save prevents quitting emacs on read-only filesystem

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leonard Lausen <leonard <at> lausen.nl>

Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:03:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 34093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, leonard <at> lausen.nl
Subject: bug#34093: auto-save prevents quitting emacs on read-only filesystem
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:20:13 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:52:24 +0000
> Cc: 34093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> (progn (savehist-mode)
>        (setq savehist-file "/usr/foo")
>        (confirm-exit-emacs))
> 
> I have attached a patch which fixes this bug by showing a warning if
> this file is not readable.

Thanks, but is a single warning really enough?  What if the situation
is slightly different, in that the user could somehow resolve the
problem -- should we perhaps prompt the user whether to retry or
ignore the error?
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