From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Since some months, my .el files are read only, why? Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:28:35 +0300 Message-ID: References: <86bk3a4tq6.fsf@gnu.org> <868qye4thm.fsf@gnu.org> <861q464ob8.fsf@gnu.org> <86frs8gsl2.fsf@gnu.org> <861q3pfffx.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39659"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 30 18:15:35 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sYpVe-000A4d-66 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2024 18:15:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sYpV1-0004qv-SJ; Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:14:55 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sYpV0-0004mJ-JL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:14:54 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sYpUy-00029a-TO; Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:14:54 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.10.12]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000740BB.0000000066A91159.0032C0EE; Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:14:17 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Eli Zaretskii , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <861q3pfffx.fsf@gnu.org> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: 15 X-Spam_score: 1.5 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DATE_IN_PAST_96_XX=3.405, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:147453 Archived-At: * Eli Zaretskii [2024-07-19 21:04]: > > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:46:09 +0300 > > From: Jean Louis > > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > > > * Eli Zaretskii [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 Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns ✡️🛡️ Proudly standing with Israel, a nation rooted in history and culture. Let's condemn hatred and promote understanding. In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/