GNU bug report logs - #70415
30.0.50; [Cygwin] `lock-file' creates a symlink with funny name

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Reported by: Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka <at> jpl.org>

Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:34:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
Cc: yamaoka <at> jpl.org, 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#70415: 30.0.50; [Cygwin] `lock-file' creates a symlink with
 funny name
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:34:25 +0300

> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:05:35 -0400
> From: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>
> Cc: 70415 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I finally had a chance to look at this, and I can't reproduce the 
> problem.  The autosave file does not have the ":BOOT_TIME" part, and it 
> gets deleted properly when the file is saved.  I'm running the latest 
> stable release of Cygwin (3.5.3) on Windows 11 (version 23H2, build 
> 22631.3447).

This is not about autosave files, this is about lock files.  Those are
created once you modify a file-visiting buffer.
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