[Emacs-diffs] master abe18f5: Make bookmark-old-default-file variable obsolete

[Paul Eggert]

branch: master
commit abe18f5917d95ca2a27018ce5dfc01ac91fc9fab
Author: Stefan Kangas <address@hidden>
Commit: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>

    Make bookmark-old-default-file variable obsolete
    
    * lisp/bookmark.el (bookmark-old-default-file):
    Redefine as obsolete variable alias for 'bookmark-default-file'.
    (bookmark-maybe-load-default-file): Don't try to rename file
    'bookmark-old-default-file' (~/.emacs-bkmrks) to new name (Bug#35940).
---
 etc/NEWS         |  6 ++++++
 lisp/bookmark.el | 15 ++-------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 22b86b5..c9da98b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1513,6 +1513,12 @@ buffer periodically when 'auto-revert-avoid-polling' is 
non-nil.
 *** 'bookmark-file' is now an obsolete alias of
 'bookmark-default-file'.
 
+** Bookmarks
+
+---
+*** 'bookmark-old-default-file' is now an obsolete alias of
+'bookmark-default-file'.
+
 
 * New Modes and Packages in Emacs 27.1
 
diff --git a/lisp/bookmark.el b/lisp/bookmark.el
index 0088450..5a9859d 100644
--- a/lisp/bookmark.el
+++ b/lisp/bookmark.el
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ To specify the file in which to save them, modify the variable
   :group 'bookmark)
 
 
-(defconst bookmark-old-default-file "~/.emacs-bkmrks"
-  "The `.emacs.bmk' file used to be called this name.")
+(define-obsolete-variable-alias 'bookmark-old-default-file
+  'bookmark-default-file "27.1")
 
 
 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'bookmark-file 'bookmark-default-file "27.1")
@@ -1024,17 +1024,6 @@ it to the name of the bookmark currently being set, 
advancing
   "If bookmarks have not been loaded from the default place, load them."
   (and (not bookmarks-already-loaded)
        (null bookmark-alist)
-       (prog2
-           (and
-            ;; Possibly the old bookmark file, "~/.emacs-bkmrks", needs
-            ;; to be renamed.
-            (file-exists-p bookmark-old-default-file)
-            (not (file-exists-p bookmark-default-file))
-            (rename-file bookmark-old-default-file
-                         bookmark-default-file))
-           ;; return t so the `and' will continue...
-           t)
-
        (file-readable-p bookmark-default-file)
        (bookmark-load bookmark-default-file t t)
        (setq bookmarks-already-loaded t)))