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bug#19438: 24.4; system-name bad cache


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#19438: 24.4; system-name bad cache
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 14:16:48 -0800
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Leo Liu wrote:
Why not get rid of the variable system-name? It seems what it provides
can be easily achieved without it.

It's documented so we shouldn't just remove it; we'd need to mark it as 
obsolescent.

Its documented behavior is "you can set the variable @code{system-name} in case Emacs is confused about the name of your system". I've never found this feature to be useful, though I understand it was useful for others long ago. Perhaps some people still find it useful? Anyway, if there's consensus to mark the variable as obsolescent I can prepare a patch along those lines.





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