bug#22672: 25.0.91; opening a CVS file accesses the repository in 25; didn't in 24

[Dmitry Gutov]

Hi Rob,

On 05/09/2016 06:50 AM, Rob Newton wrote:

> Now you mention vc-stay-local, I searched my .emacs for any vc-*
> definitions, and found just this one that I put in my .emacs ages ago
> and forgot about:
>
> ;; prevent CVS from creating local version backups
> (setq vc-cvs-stay-local nil)
>
> When I remove that the problem goes away.

Thanks for verifying. Closing the bug.

> It is odd that in 24.5 and vc-cvs-stay-local set to nil, when opening a
> local file there is no remote access.  But in 25.0 there is remote access.

For all I know, it's been broken in 24.5, and Eric accidentally fixed it 
during 25's development. Not sure there was ever a reason to change this 
variable's value from the default.

P.S. In the future, please keep the bug email address in the Cc field. 
That's how the bug discussions get recorded for posterity.