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The lock for 'DIR/FILE' should always be 'DIR/.#FILE'.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#13807: closed (Re: bug#13807: updated version to avoid
 MS-Windows vs non-MS-Windows clashes)
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:40:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#13807: The lock for 'DIR/FILE' should always be 'DIR/.#FILE'.

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 13807 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 13807-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#13807: updated version to avoid MS-Windows vs non-MS-Windows
	clashes
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:38:44 -0800

On 03/05/13 10:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> We will need to define away O_NOFOLLOW and ELOOP, to get this to
> compile on Windows.  I think the right place for the former is
> nt/inc/unistd.h, near O_NOCTTY, and for the latter nt/inc/ms-w32.h,
> where ENOTSUP is defined.

Thanks, I did the former, but for the latter it's possible ELOOP
won't be defined on a (very old) POSIXish host, so I put a conditional
definition for it into filelock.c itself, which should work for
MS-Windows as well.  Installed as trunk bzr 111948 and marking
this as done.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: The lock for 'DIR/FILE' should always be 'DIR/.#FILE'.
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:48:53 -0800

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Tags: patch

Attached is a proposed cleanup patch, following up on the thread in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-02/msg00531.html>.

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