GNU bug report logs - #18828
24.4; Early collision warning when 'create-lockfiles' is set to nil

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 15:08:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 18828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18828 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18828: 24.4; Early collision warning when 'create-lockfiles'
 is set to nil
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:53:44 +0200

>> Ping?
>
> Don't set create-lockfiles to nil?
> That's the traditional mechanism by which Emacs manages this stuff.

Well, that's not what some users (like myself) may want.

I don't like those temporary files, specially on auto-sync
directories (e.g. dropbox, google drive, etc), for obvious
reasons.

> Making it work with that feature disabled is not a high priority.

Ok. Thanks.

-- 
Dani Moncayo
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