GNU bug report logs - #16150
Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Micky <mickylmartin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:20:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Micky <mickylmartin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16150 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:22:56 -0500

Micky wrote:

> When setting system-name to nil (should that be allowed?), Emacs forgets
> how to delete the lock files '.#.*' and all subsequent startups complain
> about lockups by old dead PIDs.

I think this is a "don't do that, then".
If Emacs fails to set system-name, that is a bug.
If you actively set system-name to nil, that's just shooting yourself
in the foot.
Why did you want to do that, and what made you think it would work?
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