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23.1.95; Bug in recentf-include-p causes data loss

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#5843: closed (Re: 23.1.95; Bug in recentf-include-p causes
 data loss)
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:15:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#5843: 23.1.95; Bug in recentf-include-p causes data loss

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 5843-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.1.95; Bug in recentf-include-p causes data loss
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:14:35 -0500

Version: 24.1

It does seem better to err on the side of caution and include in case of
error.

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From: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1.95; Bug in recentf-include-p causes data loss
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:59:17 +0100

There's a bug in `recentf-include-p' that could cause losing all entries
in recentf-list. When a predicate in `recentf-exclude' errs,
`recentf-include-p' returns nil and thus causes an corresponding entry
to be removed. My entire recentf-list (500ish entries) has been damaged
because of this and before I found out the data saved has already been
overwritten.

I think recentf-include-p should not silently ignore an error from any
predicates in recentf-exclude because an error signals a bug in the
predicate itself.


In GNU Emacs 23.1.95.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.3.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 AppKit 1038.29)
 of 2010-04-03 on Victoria.local
Windowing system distributor `Apple Inc.', version 10.6.3

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