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From: kjones@talos.uu.net (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: Re: {diary,holiday,calendar}.el & crypt.el won't clear lock ??
Message-ID: <1990Jan9.143924.23130@talos.uu.net>
Date: 9 Jan 90 14:39:24 GMT
References: <EHO.90Jan4203052@word.Princeton.EDU>
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Eric Ho writes:
 > The latest version of {diary,holidays,calendar}.el (posted on Dec 27
 > 89' from reingold@m.cs.uiuc.edu) and crypt.el (as of 1988 by Kyle E.
 > Jones) won't clear entries in the Emacs lock directory -- i.e. the
 > file name entries still remain in the lock directory after the buffer
 > has been killed.  This is true is one is visiting a compressed file
 > using crypt.el and no changes have been made to the file and the
 > buffer is then killed.

Fixed.  buffer-file-name wasn't being restored early enough; Emacs was
trying to unlock the filename sans the .Z suffix.

I've made enough mods to crypt to warrant a repost, watch for it.  And
thanks for reporting the bug.