From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:22:56 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387052587 21560 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2013 20:23:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:23:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16150@debbugs.gnu.org To: Micky Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 14 21:23:12 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1Vrvjw-00040P-QG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:23:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48510 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjw-0007IY-Dj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56856) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjs-0007IT-Ju for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjq-0001vQ-QG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36346) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjq-0001vK-Mu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjq-0006jr-Ee for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16150 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16150-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16150.138705258125889 (code B ref 16150); Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16150) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Dec 2013 20:23:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50365 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjn-0006jU-Sw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:23:00 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:35695) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjl-0006jI-BY for 16150@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:22:57 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vrvjk-0003Ma-MM; Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:22:56 -0500 X-Spook: industrial intelligence PLO top secret JPL computer X-Ran: K8*{V"~ajaeA|e.[jFgvseeqIg^cWgo>8O'?@nLV6&GQ3c\^erVg7{9YoDH6/_z^MMdyk^ X-Hue: magenta X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Micky's message of "Sun, 15 Dec 2013 01:11:34 +0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:81979 Archived-At: 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?