GNU bug report logs - #41242
Port feature/native-comp to Windows

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Message #119 received at 41242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: Re: bug#41242: Port feature/native-comp to Windows
Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 22:16:43 +0300

> From: Nicolas Bértolo <nicolasbertolo <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 16:00:02 -0300
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 41242 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> We could use a global mutex shared between all Emacs processes.
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sync/mutex-objects
> 
> They would have to acquire that mutex before any operation using eln files.
> This is a complicated solution, though.

If we want a mutex, we can use the offending .eln file as that mutex:
if deletion fails, the mutex is taken.

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