From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10257: 23.3.1 Cygwin: network drives - file is write protected (false positive) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:27:33 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87aa71mwng.fsf@picasso.cante.net> <4EE270AA.2080702@cornell.edu> <20111210095858.GA19881@cante.cante.net> <4EE742B0.1080703@cornell.edu> <20111213140042.GA22678@picasso.cante.net> <4EE76B6E.7070904@cornell.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323804534 14715 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2011 19:28:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:28:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10257@debbugs.gnu.org, jari To: Ken Brown Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 13 20:28:50 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY1x-0006ff-6W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:28:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY1w-0008AY-Og for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60434) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY1t-0008AT-30 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY1r-00008p-Ls for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:44 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36022) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY1r-00008l-Iy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:43 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY38-0003Su-II for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:30:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10257 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10257-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10257.132380456013239 (code B ref 10257); Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10257) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 Dec 2011 19:29:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY2R-0003RU-TJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:29:20 -0500 Original-Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaY2Q-0003RJ-7K for 10257@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:29:18 -0500 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([173.176.12.77]) by VL-VM-MR004.ip.videotron.ca (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-22.01 64bit (built Apr 21 2011)) with ESMTP id <0LW500HNPPVTR340@VL-VM-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> for 10257@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:23:55 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 6DF33662EE; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:27:33 -0500 (EST) In-reply-to: <4EE76B6E.7070904@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:30:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:54928 Archived-At: > I have a question about the emacs side of this. I wonder what the rationale > is for testing writability before trying to save the file, and then asking > the user for confirmation in case the (unreliable) test for writability > fails (*). Can you point us to the piece of code about which you're talking? Ideally, show us a sample pseudo patch (even better if it compiles, even better if it works) showing the kind of change you have in mind. Stefan