GNU bug report logs - #47352
Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of control

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 47353

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of
 control
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:40:34 +0800

(info "(coreutils) Backup options") has "numbered",
but without a corresponding limit factor, these can grow beyond belief.

So coreutils also needs a way to say like emacs does:

kept-new-versions is a variable defined in ‘files.el’.
Documentation:
Number of newest versions to keep when a new numbered backup is made.
Includes the new backup.  Must be greater than 0.
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