GNU bug report logs - #17389
24.4.50; REGRESSION: extraneous file locking

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 15:16:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.4.50

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 17389 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17389: 24.4.50; REGRESSION: extraneous file locking
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 08:57:48 -0700 (PDT)

> Indeed, this is a new feature (on Windows) in Emacs 24.4.  On other
> platforms, Emacs behaved like that since a very long time ago.
> etc/NEWS tells how to turn this feature off, if you don't want it.

That says to customize `create-lockfiles' to nil to disable file
locking.  Not sure what that means.  Will that restore the pre-Emacs
24.4 behavior?  I want Emacs to do exactly what it has done before
in this regard, neither more nor less.
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