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

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-19 21:04]:
> > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:46:09 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> > 
> > * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-17 14:36]:
> > > > 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.
> 
> Emacs tries to be efficient, so it takes the existence of the RCS
> subdirectory and the files in it as the indication of the fact that
> the file is managed by RCS.  This is faster than invoking the RCS
> programs.

Don't you think that some kind of warning shall be given about it, like in *Messages* that it did not find rcs command and that files are made read-only?

Jean

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