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Bug 1177155 - nano spurious failed backup warning
Summary: nano spurious failed backup warning
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nano
Version: 21
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kamil Dudka
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-12-24 15:42 UTC by Don Swaner
Modified: 2015-01-11 10:57 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nano-2.3.4-4.fc21
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-01-11 10:57:12 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Don Swaner 2014-12-24 15:42:15 UTC 
Description of problem:
When the "set backup" option is set in .nanorc and a file is edited, when saving the file an error message appears "Failed to write backup file, continue saving? (say N if unsure)".  When "y" response is given, the file is saved.  Listing the directory shows that the backup file (same name as "file" with tilde appended), was indeed created, despite what the error message says.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Name        : nano
Arch        : x86_64
Version     : 2.3.4
Release     : 3.fc21

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. edit .nanorc file to include "set backup"
2. edit an existing file
3. make some changes
4. save the file

Actual results:
spurious error message and prompt appear

Expected results:
file is saved and properly backed up without spurious message and prompt

Additional info:
Comment 1 Kamil Dudka 2015-01-05 13:06:22 UTC 
Thank you for reporting the bug!

It is caused by calling futimens() on a descriptor that has been already closed by closing the owning FILE* handle in copy_file().  I will write a fix for this.
Comment 2 Kamil Dudka 2015-01-05 13:31:45 UTC 
fixed in nano-2.3.6-3.fc22
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2015-01-05 13:56:25 UTC 
nano-2.3.4-4.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nano-2.3.4-4.fc21
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-01-06 06:14:30 UTC 
Package nano-2.3.4-4.fc21:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing nano-2.3.4-4.fc21'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-0225/nano-2.3.4-4.fc21
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-01-11 10:57:12 UTC 
nano-2.3.4-4.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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