From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Klinger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected. 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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:37:31 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:38:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:50089 Archived-At: Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run ‘emacs -Q’, type ‘M-x report-emacs-bug’. This fails with the message “make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts”. No further information is provided. Directory ${HOME}/Mail is write protected intentionally. IMHO bug reports should be created in a somewhat temporary location. ‘emacs-version’ reports GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2011-04-10 on brahms, modified by Debian Kind regards, Stefan -- Stefan Klinger o/klettern /\/ bis zum send plaintext only - max size 32kB - no spam \ Abfallen http://stefan-klinger.de