(find-backup-file-name): delete nothing if overflow in number of files to keep.

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index b8cb0a0..fe3a29c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -1141,7 +1141,10 @@ Value is a list whose car is the name for the backup file
       (if (not deserve-versions-p)
          (list (make-backup-file-name fn))
        (cons (concat fn ".~" (int-to-string (1+ high-water-mark)) "~")
-             (if (> number-to-delete 0)
+             (if (and (> number-to-delete 0)
+                       ;; Delete nothing if there is overflow
+                      ;; in the number of versions to keep.
+                      (>= (+ kept-new-versions kept-old-versions -1) 0))
                  (mapcar (function (lambda (n)
                                      (concat fn ".~" (int-to-string n) "~")))
                          (let ((v (nthcdr kept-old-versions versions)))