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bug#65598: Lock-file link target uses obsolete system-name variable


From: JD Smith
Subject: bug#65598: Lock-file link target uses obsolete system-name variable
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:55:45 -0400

The variable system-name is obsoleted in favor of the (system-name) function.  
But the lock file symlink target generated when file locks are enabled still 
uses the value of the variable, not the function.

This is important when you need to override the name of the system.  In my 
situation this is because (system-name) is dynamically updated as my laptop is 
attached to different networks (host.local, host.some.fqdn, etc.), leading to 
spurious "~/tmp/file locked by …” prompts as I move around.

I can easily fix this like:

(setq system-name  ; to prevent spurious locks as (system-name) changes
      (replace-regexp-in-string (rx ?. (* any) eos) "" (system-name)))

but that utilizes the obsolete variable.  Either un-obsoleting this variable, 
or having the internal file-lock code call (system-name), so it can be 
overridden with advice, is a suggested solution.

See also #19438.




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