bug#865: 23.0.60; The directory is unsafe today

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 01:27, Lennart Borgman (gmail)
> <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So you mean there is no more problem if the old file was not deleted?
> 
> I didn't say that. But the problem is not that you deleted it or not,
> but whether that affects creating the new server-file or opening the
> new local socket.
> 
>> Why delete it at all in that case?
> 
> Cleanup is a good prophilactic measure, but it is not always required:

But in this case the dirt is back just in few lines below ...

>  (with-temp-file "~/temp.dat" (insert "Hi!"))
>  (with-temp-file "~/temp.dat" (insert "Bye!"))
> 
>  Juanma
>