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-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
index a2dbd402c52..ce2827162b9 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el
@@ -398,9 +398,8 @@ FILE's name."
;; Probably pointless, but replaces the old AUTOGEN_VCS in lisp/Makefile,
;; which was designed to handle CVSREAD=1 and equivalent.
(and autoload-ensure-writable
- (file-exists-p file)
(let ((modes (file-modes file)))
- (if (zerop (logand modes #o0200))
+ (if (and modes (zerop (logand modes #o0200)))
;; Ignore any errors here, and let subsequent attempts
;; to write the file raise any real error.
(ignore-errors (set-file-modes file (logior modes #o0200))))))