Subject: Re: bug#71074: 29.3; When doing a backup, the file is missing during interactive questions

From: Vincent Lefevre <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 10:44:16 +0200

On 2024-05-20 14:30:56 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Does it help to customize the variable backup-by-copying to a non-nil
> value?

Yes, but note that a useless backup is done because the file will
not necessarily be saved (if the save operation is canceled via
an interactive question or due to Debian bug 1071372).

Whether renaming or copying, the backup should be done just before
actually saving.

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