GNU bug report logs - #53207
28.0.91; create-lockfiles nil breaks file change detection

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Reported by: "Jay Berkenbilt" <ejb <at> ql.org>

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.91

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Jay Berkenbilt <ejb <at> ql.org>, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 53207 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53207: 28.0.91; create-lockfiles nil breaks file change detection
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:06:17 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Was it functionally necessary for the addition of lock file transforms
> to break the create-lockfiles nil case? If not, why isn't restoring the
> functionality being considered?

Oh, is this a fallout from introducing `lock-file-name-transforms'?
Then changing the semantics of `create-lockfiles' was not intended, and
the previous semantics should be restored.

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