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23.1.50; vc with rcs prompt for commit when it shouldn't.

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Message #10 received at 3916-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> ics.uci.edu>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 3916-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3916: 23.1.50; vc with rcs prompt for commit when it shouldn't.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:01:57 -0700 (PDT)

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com> writes:

  > Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
  > usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
  > 
  > Your bug report will be posted to the emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org mailing list.
  > 
  > Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
  > and the precise symptoms of the bug:
  > 
  > Hi,
  > here a little recipe of what i think is wrong:
  > 
  > 1) find-file ==> my_file
  > 
  > 2) C-x v i ==> register my_file under rcs
  > 
  > 3) C-x v v ==> co my_file
  >    ==>No files remain to be committed
  > 
  > 4) C-x v v ==> co again, ok my_file is no more read only and ready to
  >    edit.
  > 
  > 5) make some changes to my_file (these changes are not finished i don't
  >    want to commit them).
  > 
  > 6) For some reason, save buffer and kill buffer.
  > 
  > 7) find-file ==> my_file:
  >    - The file is locked again (read-only) ==> why? (was not doing that
  >    before until file was commited or reverted)
  > 
  > 8) Try to co the file:
  >    C-x v v ==> The commit buffer pop out and ask me to commit ==> Why?
  >    I don't want to commit these unfinished changes to my_file.
  > 
  > 9) i must kill the commit buffer and toggle-read-only the file to be
  >    able to edit it.
  >    Even if i run the shell command co -l -q -f my_file (that add write
  >    permission on file) vc turn file read-only.
  > 
  > Note:This happen even with emacs -Q
  > 
  > WDYT
  > 
  > 
  > 
  >    
  > 
  > If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
  > please include the output from the following gdb commands:
  >     `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
  > If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
  > /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/etc/DEBUG for instructions.
  > 
  > 
  > In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.1)
  >  of 2009-07-12 on tux
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Your source is too old, this was a temporary bug is already fixed.

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