(file-newest-backup): Don't pass backup file name

thru file-name-sans-versions, because it never has version numbers.

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el
index 75937f7a86dcdb891c6a10643dce1949f9039d2a..846b1e435899ad32089f554652a81c4a22072ed8 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/files.el
+++ b/lisp/files.el
@@ -2866,8 +2866,7 @@ saying what text to write."
   ;; `make-backup-file-name' will get us the right directory for
   ;; ordinary or numeric backups.  It might create a directory for
   ;; backups as a side-effect, according to `backup-directory-alist'.
-  (let* ((filename (file-name-sans-versions
-                   (make-backup-file-name filename)))
+  (let* ((filename (make-backup-file-name filename))
         (file (file-name-nondirectory filename))
         (dir  (file-name-directory    filename))
         (comp (file-name-all-completions file dir))