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Subject: Re: a big .newsrc.eld is *fragile*
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Colin Rafferty writes:
> Steinar Bang writes:

>> Is it possible to turn that on for just ~/.newsrc.eld these days?

> (defadvice gnus-save-newsrc-file (around backup activate compile)
>   "Make sure the .newsrc.eld file has a backup."
>   (let ((version-control nil))
>     ad-do-it))

Oops.

I meant to bind `make-backup-files'.

-- 
Colin