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bug#18539: 24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed
From: |
Eric Abrahamsen |
Subject: |
bug#18539: 24.4.50; gnus registry file seems misnamed |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 08:31:45 +0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> writes:
>
>> Yeah, if you do fix the typo, offering to rename the existing file seems
>> like the friendliest thing to do.
>
> Renaming the file might be problematic if you switch between older and
> newer versions of Emacs, since older versions will still write files
> with the old name.
>
> I say just leave it alone. A registry file by any other name would
> register just as sweetly.
Erm, this is already "fixed" in Gnus master -- it will look for the old
file name, and rename it to the new. You can always just pin it by
setting `gnus-registry-cache-file'.