2 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index f1b082c618f..cac2d1c269f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-08-24  Ulrich Mueller  <ulm@gentoo.org>  (tiny change)
+
+        * files.el (backup-buffer-copy): Don't wrap delete in
+        condition-case, only try to delete if file exists.
+
 2007-08-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * files.el (backup-buffer-copy): Revert 2007-08-22 change.
diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 1cc46684d4b..614cad467ef 100644
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -3175,9 +3175,6 @@ BACKUPNAME is the backup file name, which is the old file renamed."
   (let ((umask (default-file-modes))
         (dir (or (file-name-directory to-name)
                  default-directory)))
-    ;; Can't delete or create files in a read-only directory.
-    (unless (file-writable-p dir)
-      (signal 'file-error (list "Directory is not writable" dir)))
     (unwind-protect
         (progn
           ;; Create temp files with strict access rights.  It's easy to
@@ -3186,11 +3183,6 @@ BACKUPNAME is the backup file name, which is the old file renamed."
           (set-default-file-modes ?\700)
           (while (condition-case ()
                      (progn
-                       ;; If we allow for the possibility of something
-                       ;; creating the file between delete and copy
-                       ;; (below), we must also allow for the
-                       ;; possibility of something deleting it between
-                       ;; a file-exists-p check and a delete.
                        (condition-case nil
                            (delete-file to-name)
                          (file-error nil))
@@ -3199,8 +3191,6 @@ BACKUPNAME is the backup file name, which is the old file renamed."
                    (file-already-exists t))
             ;; The file was somehow created by someone else between
             ;; `delete-file' and `copy-file', so let's try again.
-            ;; Does that every actually happen in practice?
-            ;; This is a potential infloop, which seems bad...
             ;; rms says "I think there is also a possible race
             ;; condition for making backup files" (emacs-devel 20070821).
             nil))