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24.4; system-name bad cache

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Message #17 received at 19438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 19438 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Subject: Re: bug#19438: 24.4; system-name bad cache
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:16:48 -0800

Leo Liu wrote:
> Why not get rid of the variable system-name? It seems what it provides
> can be easily achieved without it.

It's documented so we shouldn't just remove it; we'd need to mark it as obsolescent.

Its documented behavior is "you can set the variable @code{system-name} in case 
Emacs is confused about the name of your system".  I've never found this feature 
to be useful, though I understand it was useful for others long ago.  Perhaps 
some people still find it useful?  Anyway, if there's consensus to mark the 
variable as obsolescent I can prepare a patch along those lines.

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