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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>
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, 02 Jan 2020 22:24:57 +0200

> From: João Guerra <joca.bt <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 21:16:26 +0100
> Cc: 38875 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Like I said: it does disable creating the file for me.
> 
> Try `emacs -q -l test.el` with test.el:
> 
> (setq auto-save-default nil)
> 
> wait a bit and `~/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-<pid>-<hostname>~`
> will be created.

That's exactly what I did, except that these settings were in ~/.emacs
and not loaded after startup.  I waited for 30 seconds, and didn't see
any auto-save-list file in ~/.emacs.d/.  Not sure why it happens for
you.
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