bug#4450: 23.1; encoding error loading .elc locks file

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:26:29 +0200
> Cc: 4450@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, "David J. Biesack" 
> <David.Biesack@sas.com>
> 
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 20:32, Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> 
> > I can't reproduce this with the files you attached.  Maybe this is a
> > Windows-only issue, and one of the Emacs developers using Windows can
> > reproduce it.
> 
> I can reproduce the loading error, not unexpectedly: the .elc file is quite 
> old
> 
> ;;; compiled by sasdjb@unx.sas.com on Wed Jun 03 11:49:32 1998
> ;;; from file d:/DJB/emacs/filemenu.el
> ;;; emacs version 19.34.6.
> ;;; bytecomp version FSF 2.10
> ;;; optimization is on; compiled with Emacs 18 compatibility
> 
> But then M-x recompile-file filemenu.el <RET> works as expected.

I suspect some other program (not Emacs) had the file open when the OP
attempted to recompile.  "Permission denied" usually means that.

Or maybe the file was in some directory private to another user.