GNU bug report logs - #20762
24.3; Emacs Desktop does not allow quit emacs when on read-only file system

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sergey Fukanchik <fukanchik <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 17:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: easy

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 20762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sergey Fukanchik <fukanchik <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 20762 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20762: 24.3; Emacs Desktop does not allow quit emacs when
 on read-only file system
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:33:51 +0200

Sergey Fukanchik <fukanchik <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 1. enable (desktop-save-mode 1)
> 2. do some activity: create modified buffers, open some files etc
> 3. remount the FS where desktop saved into R/O mode mount -o remount,ro /
> 4. Try exiting emacs C-x C-c
> 5. emacs will ask if you want to save files etc and in the end - a
> message in minibuffer saying desktop.lock could not be deleted (see below)
> Error while saving the desktop.  Ignore?  y
> desktop-release-lock: Removing old name: read-only file system,
> /home/fuxx/.emacs.desktop.lock

This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

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