Re: Since some months, my .el files are read only, why?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:00:53 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-06 16:57]:
> > What's the difference between the two groups?  Does "ls -l" show the
> > same for files from both groups?
> 
> I was using RCS before, then I stopped. But rcs was not installed. However, 
> those files that were registered in RCS were read only.
> 
> I have renamed RCS directory and now those files do not appear read only.
> 
> But I wonder how is that when rcs command was not installed.

That's clear to me: when you check-in a file into RCS, it is made
read-only in the filesystem.  That's how RCS works, always has.