GNU bug report logs - #41060
[PATCH] Use write-region when saving recentf file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: philip <at> warpmail.net (Philip K.)

Date: Sun, 3 May 2020 19:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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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Message #8 received at 41060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: philip <at> warpmail.net (Philip K.)
Cc: 41060 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41060: [PATCH] Use write-region when saving recentf file
Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 22:23:39 +0300

> From: philip <at> warpmail.net (Philip K.)
> Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 18:43:01 +0200
> 
> This patch does just that, replacing write-file with write-region,
> because I argue that an automatically generated file doesn't need
> backups.

Not even one backup?

Also, why impose this change on everyone, when backups for a specific
file can be disabled by the user at will?
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