GNU bug report logs - #71074
29.3; When doing a backup, the file is missing during interactive questions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 01:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.3

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Message #17 received at 71074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: vincent <at> vinc17.net
Cc: 71074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71074: 29.3;
 When doing a backup, the file is missing during interactive questions
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:42:26 +0300

> Cc: 71074 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 15:12:05 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> So I don't see how we could significantly change this situation
> without losing very useful features, and therefore I think
> backup-by-copying is the best solution we can provide in such cases.

Actually, an alternative is to customize file-precious-flag to a
non-nil value.
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