From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Duncan Greatwood <dgreatwood@gmail.com>
Cc: 70973@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70973: 29.1; "Unlocking file: Invalid argument" Warning saving via a softlink with stale file lock
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 11:43:45 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <867cfujge6.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGg=3NXXJBkjsH2Le98JAPrVHj2eE4jKtEW6YhPWz2Pgv4q_OQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Duncan Greatwood on Wed, 15 May 2024 17:53:05 -0700)
> From: Duncan Greatwood <dgreatwood@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 17:53:05 -0700
>
> While editing the ~/.emacs file in emacs, the machine rebooted (kernel panic I believe). This left a lock file
> behind.
>
> The ~/.emacs file is actually a softlink:
> .emacs -> /Users/<username>/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs
> The fact that it's a softlink may or may not be relevant.
>
> In ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/, there was a file: .#dotemacs
>
> After the reboot, I started emacs, and continued with further edits to .emacs. Upon saving .emacs, had the
> following warning:
> ⛔ Warning (unlock-file): Unlocking file: Invalid argument, ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs,
> ignored
>
> As per the warning, the save was nonetheless successful.
>
> Invoking file-locked-p directly, I saw the same error, and the following debug info:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Testing file lock" "Invalid argument"
> "~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs")
> file-locked-p("~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs")
> eval((file-locked-p "~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs") t)
> eval-expression((file-locked-p "~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs") nil nil 127)
> funcall-interactively(eval-expression (file-locked-p "~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/dotemacs") nil nil
> 127)
> call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil)
> command-execute(eval-expression)
>
> After removing the lock file manually, the warning on save goes away:
> rm ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/.#dotemacs
>
> Access flags on dotemacs file are as follows:
> -rw-r--r--@ 1 dgreatwood staff 133806 May 15 16:01 dotemacs
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 dgreatwood staff 59 Dec 6 2015 .emacs -> ...
Thanks.
However, this doesn't provide enough information to investigate the
issue and its causes. If you can reproduce the problem, please tell
what does
ls -l ~/Dropbox/Documents/Projects/emacs/.#dotemacs
produce when you see the warnings, because that is the immediate
trigger for the "invalid argument".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-16 8:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-16 0:53 bug#70973: 29.1; "Unlocking file: Invalid argument" Warning saving via a softlink with stale file lock Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 8:43 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-16 14:17 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 15:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 15:55 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 16:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 16:20 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 18:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 19:27 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-05-16 19:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-16 21:36 ` Duncan Greatwood
2024-06-01 14:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-15 15:59 ` bug#72641: 31.0.50; "Unlocking file: Invalid argument" when deleting lock file on network file system Michal Nazarewicz
[not found] ` <2+lcnmedng9le3pwfn0gc79m@mina86.com>
[not found] ` <86a5hd7o4t.fsf@gnu.org>
2024-08-15 17:44 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2024-08-15 21:43 ` Paul Eggert
2024-08-16 0:59 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2024-08-16 3:20 ` Paul Eggert
2024-08-17 20:03 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2024-08-17 22:38 ` Paul Eggert
2024-08-17 22:55 ` Mike Kupfer
2024-08-17 23:08 ` Mike Kupfer
2024-08-18 21:15 ` Michal Nazarewicz
2024-08-18 21:25 ` Paul Eggert
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