This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #3869: 23.1.50; vc-rcs toggles read-only-mode even when a file is checked out by the same user who has the lock It has been closed by Dan Nicolaescu . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Dan Nicolaescu by replying to this email. -- 3869: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3869 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems