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bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil
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From: |
Glenn Morris |
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Subject: |
bug#16150: Emacs not deleting lock files when system-name is set to nil |
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Date: |
Sat, 14 Dec 2013 15:22:56 -0500 |
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User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
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?