GNU bug report logs - #22795
25.0.91; Can't write read only file on w32

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Reported by: "Ota, Takaaki" <Takaaki.Ota <at> am.sony.com>

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 25.0.91

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Ota\, Takaaki" <Takaaki.Ota <at> am.sony.com>
Cc: 22795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22795: 25.0.91; Can't write read only file on w32
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 12:01:29 +0300

> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 10:22:53 -0700
> CC: <22795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> From: "Ota, Takaaki" <Takaaki.Ota <at> am.sony.com>
> 
> I still don't have a conclusion but the root cause seems to be related
> to file-ownership-preserved-p that has some platform specific
> implementation.  When I open a read only file on both Linux and
> windows-nt, Linux returns t while windows-nt returns nil.

Thanks.  Just to make sure I understand you correctly: which function
returns nil or t when you open a read-only file?
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