I've tried to recrate your bug in Ubuntu 11.10 with the latest versions of emacs23 and xemacs21-mule, but it seems that xemacs21-mule now backs up the .emacs config file on your a) route, and doesn't modify it on your b) route. Do you still get this bug?
** Changed in: xemacs21 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225327 Title: xemacs destroys the .emacs file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xemacs21/+bug/225327/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs