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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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: bug#49261: 28.0.50; File Locking Breaks Presumptuous Toolchains
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 21:31:57 +0300

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2021 18:57:12 +0200
> Cc: Mallchad Skeghyeph <ncaprisunfan <at> gmail.com>, 49261 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So the very recommended default lock file name shall be what we have
> now. We could give the user a configuration variable to change this
> behaviour, but with explicit warning about consequences.

I think this was indeed the intent.  There's no intent to change the
default behavior wrt where the lock file is written, only to introduce
a new opt-in behavior.
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