From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Bootstrap deleted DOC-nnn file Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <83vc6rb31c.fsf@gnu.org> <83a9o2at0z.fsf@gnu.org> <834ne9brlz.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368290965 11394 80.91.229.3 (11 May 2013 16:49:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 16:49:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: yandros@MIT.EDU, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 11 18:49:25 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1UbCz5-0003Vf-DT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 18:49:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39610 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbCz5-0007N6-3a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54152) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbCz0-0007JY-IK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbCyz-0006L4-CS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:18 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:48981) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbCyz-0006Kz-AD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:17 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbCyy-000462-Bg; Sat, 11 May 2013 12:49:16 -0400 In-reply-to: <834ne9brlz.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 11 May 2013 15:58:32 +0300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:159510 Archived-At: Perhaps a running Emacs could create a kind of "lock file" for DOC it uses (maybe even using the same machinery we already have in filelock.c), and then "make bootstrap" could refrain from deleting a DOC file thus "locked". I suppose it is possible, but why do this rather than the simple solution -- just don't delete them? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call