bug#17666: 24.3.91; [regression] call-process in read-only buffers

[Stefan Monnier]

> evaluate the following with emacs -Q

> ;; running a process with no output via call-process
> ;; in any read-only buffer will do
> (with-temp-buffer
>   (let ((buffer-read-only t))
>     (call-process "true" nil t)))

> No problem with emacs 24.3

I do not remember this being changed consciously, but the change does
sound like a bug fix: you should bind inhibit-read-only if you want to
insert text into a read-only buffer, and call-process shouldn't be
an exception.


        Stefan