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In GNU Emacs 18.55.6 of Mon Jun 25 1990 on icule (usg-unix-v)

* Here is the contents of the /tmp/ directory (note the owner and the
missing read permissions):

  total 6
  drwxrwxrwt   2 sys      sys           240 Jul 24 15:34 .
  drwxr-xr-x  13 root     other         272 Jul 17 14:13 ..
  -rw--w--w-   1 root     other         137 Jul 24 15:01 mcgill-vision

If, being user `pinard', I `C-x C-f' /tmp/mcgill-vision, GNU emacs
returns a `(New file)' diagnostic in the mininibuffer; it also opens a
buffer named `mcgill-vision' which is empty.  If I further attempt to
modify this buffer, I get a: `File has changed on disk; really want to
edit the buffer?' question.

I believe the first diagnostic is improper.  In both cases, GNU emacs
diagnostics could be more informative about the true condition.

-- 
Franc,ois Pinard          ``Vivement GNU!''         pinard@iro.umontreal.ca
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