> From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:22:14 -0500
>
> I think this change is correct--does anyone disagree?
> Would someone please install this on Monday (and thank him)
> if no objection has been found?
You already asked me to install this, and I already did (a
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Subject: Problem at backup-buffer for writable files in not writable dirs
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Hi,
When you edit and save a writable file in a non writable dir, and you
use `backup-by-copying' to nil (the default), backup-buffer fails to
make a backup in the place you define with `backup-directory-alist'
(because you cannot move files that are in a not writable dir), so it
copies it to fil
