--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py Tue Oct 14 13:17:35 2014 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py Tue Oct 14 13:20:31 2014 -0700
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@
kwargs = {}
if defaultformat is not None:
kwargs['defaultformat'] = defaultformat
- store = obsolete.obsstore(self.sopener, **kwargs)
+ store = obsolete.obsstore(self.sopener, readonly=not obsolete._enabled,
+ **kwargs)
if store and not obsolete._enabled:
# message is rare enough to not be translated
msg = 'obsolete feature not enabled but %i markers found!\n'