GNU bug report logs - #19438
24.4; system-name bad cache

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:22:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 19438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: bug#19438: 24.4; system-name bad cache
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 09:10:57 +1100

On 2014-12-27 03:07 +1100, Paul Eggert wrote:
> How about the attached patch?  The idea is that (system-name) actually
> inquires for the current system name, and system-name caches the
> result.  If an Emacs lisp program assigns to system-name, though, it's
> no longer updated thereafter.

Why not get rid of the variable system-name? It seems what it provides
can be easily achieved without it. Thanks for looking into the issue.

Leo
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