bug#2209: Don't let y-or-n-p move point.

[Glenn Morris]

Richard Stallman wrote (on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 at 07:09 -0500):

> That change makes me worry that it is papering over the real bug.

Indeed.

> How does it happen that y-or-n-p moves point?  Whatever it is, it
> could cause trouble elsewhere too.  Maybe the right fix is to make
> sure it does not happen.

The details are in the first message of bug 2209.

In theory, you should be able to retrieve it by sending a message to
request@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, with "send 2209" in the body.