Re: Since some months, my .el files are read only, why?

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-17 14:36]:
> > Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:00:53 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-06 16:57]:
> > > What's the difference between the two groups?  Does "ls -l" show the
> > > same for files from both groups?
> > 
> > I was using RCS before, then I stopped. But rcs was not installed. However, those files that were registered in RCS were read only.
> > 
> > I have renamed RCS directory and now those files do not appear read only.
> > 
> > But I wonder how is that when rcs command was not installed.
> 
> That's clear to me: when you check-in a file into RCS, it is made
> read-only in the filesystem.  That's how RCS works, always has.

Mystery solved.

Question is if it should be that way even if `rcs' command is not installed.


Jean

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