Description of problem: When the “break-hardlink-on-save” customization variable is set to T, I am unable to make Emacs save any file with C-x C-s, C-x C-w, or M-x save-buffer. Emacs displays the following message in the minibuffer: Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): emacs-23.1-13.fc12.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start an emacs process and switch to a text buffer (*scratch* will work) 2. M-x customize-set-variable RET break-hardlink-on-save RET y 3. C-x C-w new-file-name.txt RET Actual results: The minibuffer shows “Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, nil”; the file is not saved. In *Messages*, the message is prefixed with “basic-save-buffer-1: ”. The error occurs both when trying to create a file and when trying to overwrite an existing non-hard-linked file; I have not tested overwriting a hard-linked file. Expected results: The file is saved. Additional info: Workaround: Disable “break-hardlink-on-save”: M-x customize-save-variable RET break-hardlink-on-save RET n Non-interactive saves still work -- the Emacs customize system can still save .emacs.
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This bug is still present in Emacs 23.2 as packaged by Arch Linux.
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That bug is solved since emacs 24.0.50 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2011-05/msg00476.html In rawhide we have emacs-24.2 Correction is already in rawhide