GNU bug report logs - #56291
29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 01:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer <at> alum.berkeley.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; version-control versus gnus-backup-startup-file
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:00:07 -0700

Awhile back, I wanted to get numbered backup files for my Gnus
.newsrc.eld file, at least for a few days until I figured out why it was
getting trashed occasionally.  It took me quite some time to get it to
work, because I didn't know about gnus-backup-startup-file, and I
misunderstood part of the Info page "Backup Names".  That page says

    You can have Emacs set ‘version-control’ locally whenever you visit
    a given file (*note File Variables::).  Some modes, such as Rmail
    mode, set this variable.

I think that last sentence would be clearer as

    Some packages, such as Rmail, override the global setting of
    ‘version-control’ in this manner.

thanks,
mike
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