GNU bug report logs - #14250
file locking fails if the hostname contains an @ character

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Elrod, David" <elrodd <at> sharplabs.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 14250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14250: 23.1; Files locked by myself
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:31:52 -0400

I'm surprised that one can even set a hostname to something with an "@";
but if the system otherwise seems to work fine, Emacs should not fail in
this cryptic way. Eg it could escape any "@" characters in the hostname
when making the lockfile name.
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