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bug#71074: 29.3; When doing a backup, the file is missing during interac


From: Vincent Lefevre
Subject: bug#71074: 29.3; When doing a backup, the file is missing during interactive questions
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 10:44:16 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/2.2.13+76 (1f3da810) vl-167818 (2024-04-20)

On 2024-05-20 14:30:56 +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Does it help to customize the variable backup-by-copying to a non-nil
> value?

Yes, but note that a useless backup is done because the file will
not necessarily be saved (if the save operation is canceled via
an interactive question or due to Debian bug 1071372).

Whether renaming or copying, the backup should be done just before
actually saving.

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