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28.0.50; File Locking Breaks Presumptuous Toolchains

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, ncaprisunfan <at> gmail.com, 49261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49261: 28.0.50; File Locking Breaks Presumptuous Toolchains
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:37:45 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>>
>> >> Until now, there are no file locks for remote files at all. I thought
>> >> disabling it for remote files would be requested by some users for
>> >> backward compatibility.
>> >
>> > Yeah, I think it's a good idea, and allowing REPLACEMENT to be nil seems
>> > like the natural way to implement it.
>>
>> And now? You and Eli disagree in this point, and I don't know what to do.
>
> Which disagreement between us leaves you at an impasse?  If there is
> indeed such a disagreement, maybe we could find a compromise which
> will allow some way forward.

Lars agrees my proposal to use lock-file-name-transforms for disabling
file locks. You did argue against.

Best regards, Michael.

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