GNU bug report logs - #49261
28.0.50; File Locking Breaks Presumptuous Toolchains

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mallchad Skeghyeph <ncaprisunfan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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 #20 received at 49261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, ncaprisunfan <at> gmail.com, 49261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49261: 28.0.50; File Locking Breaks Presumptuous Toolchains
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:16:59 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,  ncaprisunfan <at> gmail.com,
>   49261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 18:07:41 +0200
> 
> And there is the case of remote files. Do we want locking of remote
> files?

I think we do.  maybe as an opt-in behavior?

> Should the respective lock file be local (better for performance) or
> also remote (better for locking a file being accessed from different
> Emacsen somewhere)?

Remote, I think, otherwise the lock can be easily ignored from another
machine.
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