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Re: [Patch] url-cookie-write-file saves versioned backups
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Eric Hanchrow |
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Re: [Patch] url-cookie-write-file saves versioned backups |
Date: |
Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:01:11 -0700 |
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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
Richard> Versioned backups of the cookies file are being saved
Richard> (contrary to the intent of the last changes made to
Richard> url-cookie.el in revision 1.18), which causes
Richard> `backup-buffer' to ask for confirmation to delete
Richard> those excess backup files.
Richard> Is that necessarily wrong?
I think so, because the confirmation prompts seem to appear
asynchronously -- I'll be doing something that has nothing to do with
w3m (like using ERC), and suddenly I'll be asked to delete excess
backups. And this happens fairly frequently -- perhaps every half
hour.
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