From: Micky <mickylmartin@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 16150@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:25:52 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKAA-n=LxpYzpOCzmG034tc6tPtZS2DcDLhJymXTQm8y11Kg9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nrsitvdvxb.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
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Ehh.. just because one could do that? And setting it to nil shoots no
errors during the --init. This gives enough assumptions, I believe ;)
On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:
> Micky wrote:
>
> > When setting system-name to nil (should that be allowed?), Emacs forgets
> > how to delete the lock files '.#.*' and all subsequent startups complain
> > about lockups by old dead PIDs.
>
> I think this is a "don't do that, then".
> If Emacs fails to set system-name, that is a bug.
> If you actively set system-name to nil, that's just shooting yourself
> in the foot.
> Why did you want to do that, and what made you think it would work?
>
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-14 20:11 bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil Micky
2013-12-14 20:22 ` Glenn Morris
2013-12-14 20:25 ` Micky [this message]
2013-12-14 20:32 ` Glenn Morris
2013-12-14 20:38 ` Micky
2013-12-14 20:39 ` Micky
2013-12-15 1:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
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