Subject: Bug#4168: xemacs wants lock-dir under /usr

From: Winfried Truemper <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 16:58:44 +0200 (MET DST)

Package: xemacs
Version: 19.14-1

This message appears when I start xemacs on my NFS-client ("/usr"
mounted r/o):

WARNING:
couldn't find an obvious default for variable lock-directory, and there were
no defaults specified in paths.h when XEmacs was built.  Perhaps some
directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, /usr/bin/emacs is in a
strange place?.

Without lock-directory set, file locking won't work.  Consider creating
/usr/lib/xemacs/lock as a directory or symbolic link for use as the lock
directory.  (This directory must be globally writable.)

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From: "Darren/Torin/Who Ever..." <[email-masked]>
Date: 16 Aug 1996 01:02:11 -0700

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>directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, /usr/bin/emacs is in a

This is odd.  It works fine as /var/lib/xemacs/lock on a couple
different systems here.  Can you check and see if /var/lib/xemacs/lock
exists and is mode 1777?  Also, are you sure you're using the right
xemacs?  Unless you renamed it, the xemacs in my package is
/usr/bin/xemacs, not /usr/bin/emacs.

Darren
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From: Winfried Truemper <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:16:42 +0200 (MET DST)

On 16 Aug 1996, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote:

torin> different systems here.  Can you check and see if /var/lib/xemacs/lock
torin> exists and is mode 1777?  Also, are you sure you're using the right

Oh, I'm so stupid. Of course /var/lib/xemacs/lock does not exist
because the package was installed on the NFS-Server and my poorly
maintained client does only mount /usr without updating the rest of
the system.

Time to set up rdist.

Sorry for the bug-report, it's superfluououous.

-Winfried