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: Dan Nicolaescu <dann <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <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 15:32:58 -0400

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

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> Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
> usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.
>
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>
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give
> a recipe starting from `emacs -Q':
>
> Inside an Emacs bzr branch:
>
>  emacs -Q
>  C-h H
>  C-x C-q
>
> The last command causes Emacs to display the following bogus message:
>
>   File is under version-control; use C-x v v to check in/out
>
> The buffer becomes writable, nonetheless, as expected.

If this is in an uninstalled tree, then C-h H opens the HELLO file that is managed by bzr.
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?
 

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