GNU bug report logs - #17272
24.4.50; obsolete messages hides warning on startup

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Marshall <robert <at> capuchin.co.uk>

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 20:43:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 446, 19064

Found in versions 24.4.50, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 27.0.50

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Robert Marshall <robert <at> capuchin.co.uk>
Cc: 17272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17272: 24.4.50; obsolete messages hides warning on startup
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:46:55 +0200

> If you start emacs with the following loaded file (emacs -Q -l .emacs.test)
>
> ;;; .emacs.test
> (require 'longlines)
> (desktop-save-mode 1)
> (desktop-read "/home/robert") ;; $HOME....
>
> When it starts you see the message
>
>      Package longlines is obsolete!
>
> But - if the .emacs.desktop is locked the message:
>
>     Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID 6464.
>     Using it may cause conflicts.  Use it anyway? (y or n) 
>
> is hiding 'behind' the obsolete message and you don't see it until you
> press a key - the emacs startup appears to have stopped but there's no
> visual clue as to what it is waiting for. 

This is fixed now.
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 175 days ago.

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