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report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.

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From: Stefan Klinger <all-lists <at> stefan-klinger.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:52:48 +0200

Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run ‘emacs -Q’, type ‘M-x report-emacs-bug’. This fails with the message “make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts”. No further information is provided.

Directory ${HOME}/Mail is write protected intentionally. IMHO bug reports should be created in a somewhat temporary location.


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  GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2011-04-10 on brahms, modified by Debian


Kind regards,
Stefan


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Message #8 received at 9304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Klinger <all-lists <at> stefan-klinger.de>
Cc: 9304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:12:55 -0400

Stefan Klinger wrote:

> Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run 'emacs -Q', type 'M-x report-emacs-bug'. This fails with the message "make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts". No further information is provided.

I was going to say that this won't happen in Emasc 24.1, due to the
changes from http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=4432,
but it still does.

Perhaps

(defcustom message-auto-save-directory
  (if (file-exists-p message-directory)
      (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "drafts" message-directory))
    "~/")

should use `file-writable-p' instead of `file-exists-p'.

Message #11 received at 9304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 9304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Klinger <all-lists <at> stefan-klinger.de>
Subject: Re: bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:39:26 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Perhaps
>
> (defcustom message-auto-save-directory
>   (if (file-exists-p message-directory)
>       (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "drafts" message-directory))
>     "~/")
>
> should use `file-writable-p' instead of `file-exists-p'.

I've now done this.

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