GNU bug report logs - #10257
23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 18:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3+1-4

Fixed in version 24.0.93

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #89 received at 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 10257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jari.aalto <at> cante.net
Subject: Re: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected
	(false positive)
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:23:08 -0500

    I have a question about the emacs side of this.  I wonder what the 
    rationale is for testing writability before trying to save the file, and 
    then asking the user for confirmation in case the (unreliable) test for 
    writability fails (*).

I think the reason for the fallible first test is to avoid things that
are done (to backup files, for instance) before trying to write the
file.  It is good to avoid them if the write would fail anyway.

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