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Re: call-with-file-lock does not remove lock file


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: call-with-file-lock does not remove lock file
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:00:15 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux)

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> half a year ago I submitted this bug report:
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/57501
>
> “call-with-file-lock” and “call-with-file-lock/no-wait” create a lock
> file but don’t remove the lock file when they exit.  The lock on
> the file is lifted, but the lock file itself remains behind.
>
> I think we should not litter and remove unused lock files.  What do you
> think?

I hadn’t noticed this bug report but I agree, I’ll push something that
does that.

Thanks for the heads-up!

Ludo’.



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