# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 835812102 0
# Node ID d9bb8f6b05a0a298bdece3ee75fcf882a22e6710
# Parent  f8e362279cbb90a8bbeb0939bcd8e6c0bf76898b
Comment changes.

diff -r f8e362279cbb -r d9bb8f6b05a0 lisp/vc-hooks.el
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Wed Jun 26 18:00:52 1996 +0000
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el	Wed Jun 26 18:01:42 1996 +0000
@@ -880,15 +880,16 @@
 		       (and vc-display-status (vc-status file)))))
     ;; If the file is locked by some other user, make
     ;; the buffer read-only.  Like this, even root
-    ;; cannot modify a file without locking it first.
+    ;; cannot modify a file that someone else has locked.
     (and vc-type 
 	 (equal file (buffer-file-name))
 	 (vc-locking-user file)
 	 (not (string= (user-login-name) (vc-locking-user file)))
 	 (setq buffer-read-only t))
-    ;; If the user is root, and the file is not owner-readable,
-    ;; then pretend that we can't read it
-    ;; even though we can (because root can read anything).
+    ;; If the user is root, and the file is not owner-writable,
+    ;; then pretend that we can't write it
+    ;; even though we can (because root can write anything).
+    ;; This way, even root cannot modify a file that isn't locked.
     (and vc-type
 	 (equal file (buffer-file-name))
 	 (not buffer-read-only)