GNU bug report logs - #37884
27.0.50; Cannot write to a file in VirtualBox shared directory

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bernardo <bernardo.bacic <at> pobox.com>

Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 10:29:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bernardo.bacic <at> pobox.com
Subject: bug#37884: 27.0.50; Cannot write to a file in VirtualBox shared directory
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 17:52:39 +0200

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 16:34:54 +0100
> Cc: 37884 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Eli, if the results come back that using 0664 or similar on lockfiles
> resolves this, would you be amenable to such a change?

I'm not sure I understand the proposal.  Is the suggestion to chmod
the file to 0644 before calling unlink?  Or is the suggestion
something else?
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