From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ken Olum Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#17706: 24.4.50; locked file error in rmail-insert-inbox-text Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:29:33 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1402072280 22844 80.91.229.3 (6 Jun 2014 16:31:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 16:31:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 17706@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 18:31:12 2014 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 1Wsx2s-0003Yh-Kq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:31:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48292 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx2s-0002Nk-87 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:31:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53847) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1u-00015z-M5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:30:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1n-0001Xn-Ld for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:30:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48611) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1n-0001XQ-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:30:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1m-0001L4-P5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:30:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Ken Olum Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:30:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 17706 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 17706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B17706.14020721875088 (code B ref 17706); Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:30:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 17706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jun 2014 16:29:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39758 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1W-0001Jy-5b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:29:47 -0400 Original-Received: from cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ([130.64.83.16]:53615) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wsx1J-0001JM-W6 for 17706@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:29:44 -0400 Original-Received: from kdo by cosmos.phy.tufts.edu ([local]:local) with local id 1Wsx1J-00088l-IC - Using Exim-4.80.1 (MandrivaLinux) MTA (return-path ); Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:29:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <831tv23um8.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:50:23 +0300) 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:90141 Archived-At: From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:50:23 +0300 I wonder in what Emacs version you don't see it. I don't see it in 23.3. The reason is that this version has a bug in which it deletes newlines from the end of the mail file before getting new mail. So it modifies the file before calling rmail-insert-inbox-text and so gives the ask-user-about-lock query before calling rmail-insert-inbox-text. My recollection is that this didn't happen either in builds that I made from trunk a few months ago, but I could easily be confused. In particular, I have a bunch of rmail hacks, and if one of these were modifying the buffer before rmail-insert-inbox-text it would be the same as above. In 24.3 (using -Q to make sure nothing strange is going on), I get the "RMAIL file RMAIL is locked". So I think we should not worry too much about why it seems only to be bothering me now. Ken