GNU bug report logs - #38875
26.2; auto-save-list-file-name still created when auto-save-default is nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 18:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38875: 26.2; auto-save-list-file-name still created when auto-save-default is nil
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 20:08:55 +0100

> I seem to be unable to reproduce this.  You are saying that just
> starting Emacs with the above settings causes the
> auto-save-list-file-name to appear in the file system?  It doesn't
> seem to happen here.

Just starting Emacs and waiting auto-save-timeout will create the
file. Setting auto-save-list-file-prefix to nil does make the file not
be created. I was setting auto-save-list-file-name to a directory
where it doesn't get in the way. Thanks!
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