GNU bug report logs - #6028
24.0.50; VC assumes files of read-only buffers are locked by a VCS

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6028 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6028: 24.0.50; HELLO wants "C-x v v"
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:40:51 +0300

> Cc: 6028 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:32:58 -0400
> 
> If this is in an uninstalled tree, then C-h H opens the HELLO file that is managed by bzr.

Yes.

> The message that you see is what VC says when you try to make writable a file managed by VC.
> Is that the issue here?

The issue here is that the message is bogus.  The VCS that is used
does not require "C-x v v" to make the file writable, because the file
is already writable under bzr.  The _buffer_ is made read-only by
"C-h H", but the file is not.  Perhaps VC sees that the file is under
VCS control and the buffer is read-only, and erroneously deduces that
the VC backend is some VCS of the locking variety.  But that is false.

I think VC should not display this message if the backend is not a
locking VCS.

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