Re: report-emacs-bug not working on cygwin: reporting again

[emacs user]

Hello Eli,

apologies for not responding previously, I didnt realize these questions 
were addressed to me.

> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> To: "emacs user" <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: report-emacs-bug not working on cygwin: reporting again
> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:38:38 +0300
>
> > From: "emacs user" <address@hidden>
> > Bcc:
> > Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:48:57 -0400
> >
> > using latest gnu emacs from cvs (22.0.50) and latest cygwin,
> > emacs -q --no-site-file
> > M-x report-emacs-bug
> >
> > results in this error and traceback:
> >
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Opening output file" "no such
> > file or directory" "/home/eli/#*mail*#1160WPf#")
>
> Thank you for your report.
>
> I need your help in finding a good solution for this.  Previously,
> when you reported this bug about 3 weeks ago, I wrote in response:
>
>     Does Cygwin have a non-trivial definition of 
> convert-standard-filename?

how do I find out?

>     (If not, it needs one, but I'm not sure where to put it.  Any
>     suggestions?)

I am afraid I dont have any...

>     This fragment from files.el:make-auto-save-file-name:
>
>                 ;; Make sure auto-save file names don't contain characters
>                 ;; invalid for the underlying filesystem.
>                 (if (and (memq system-type '(ms-dos windows-nt))
>                          ;; Don't modify remote (ange-ftp) filenames
>                          (not (string-match "^/address@hidden:" result)))
>                     (convert-standard-filename result)
>
>     makes sure that invalid auto-save file names are never created on
>     DOS/Windows, but it doesn't catch Cygwin.

ok, what can I do to help it catch cygwin...?

> I didn't get any replies.  Could you please answer these questions
> now?
>
> Thanks in advance.

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