GNU bug report logs - #7777
24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Andreas Schwab'" <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 7777 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7777: 24.0.50; incompatible change for `directory-abbrev-alist' not in NEWS
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:44:46 -0800

> > That means that *Every* existing customization is broken 
> > (or at least contradicts the "should").
> 
> *Every* existing customization will still work the same as before.

Well, that's what I figured, since \\` and ^ act similarly in such contexts.
Which is why I added "(or at least contradicts the "should")".

The NEWS entry should also reassure users that ^ patterns will still work OK -
in spite of the BLARING "*Every*...should" warning/caveat/commandment/rule.
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