From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17706: 24.4.50; locked file error in rmail-insert-inbox-text Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:39:22 +0300 Message-ID: <8338fi3v4l.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1402069230 16808 80.91.229.3 (6 Jun 2014 15:40:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 15:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17706@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ken Olum Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 17:40:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFd-0000c5-JF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 17:40:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47828 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFd-0006UJ-6T for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:40:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFU-0006Pu-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:40:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFP-0000TI-9x for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48520) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFP-0000T8-7S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WswFO-0006WB-Hm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17706 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17706.140206918125010 (code B ref 17706); Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jun 2014 15:39:41 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47397 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WswF2-0006VF-R0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:39:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout20.012.net.il ([80.179.55.166]:45546) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WswF0-0006Uo-IY for 17706@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:39:39 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout20.012.net.il by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N6R00A00726CU00@a-mtaout20.012.net.il> for 17706@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:39:31 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout20.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N6R00AUQ7HV5360@a-mtaout20.012.net.il>; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:39:31 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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:90135 Archived-At: > From: Ken Olum > Cc: 17706@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:09:50 -0400 > > To reproduce: > > Start with some messages in your RMAIL file, but no new mail waiting to > be copied from your inbox. > > emacs -Q > M-x rmail > e > Type space, backspace, so that buffer is modified. > > Then, somewhere else: > > emacs -Q > M-x rmail > Get error "RMAIL file RMAIL is locked" Thanks, but I still cannot reproduce. Does "M-x rmail" on your system fetch mail from some inbox? On my system, it doesn't, so I replaced "M-x rmail" in your recipe with "C-u M-x rmail SOME-MBOX-FILE RET" in both sessions, and left the rest of the recipe unaltered. With that, I don't see the message you cite. I will try on another system, maybe this is something local.