From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33005: 27.0.50; Data loss with Gnus registry Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 08:46:51 -0700 Message-ID: <87eezcpuac.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871s8yvsrq.fsf@web.de> <87in29x33z.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r2gxygox.fsf@web.de> <87efcxwzr2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <874ldtlcks.fsf@web.de> <87ftxdl7w1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878t33cjf2.fsf@web.de> <87o8za4gbl.fsf@web.de> <87mueuicys.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87d0fgnik0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87v9srzm9g.fsf@web.de> <87ftjvz045.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87tv8ajd6d.fsf@web.de> <87lftlsr90.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h849xds3.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="210733"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 33005@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 16 17:49:18 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlY6-000sgb-8i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:49:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44764 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlY4-00074e-Nh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:49:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55735) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlW5-0005e1-OR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlW1-0000Hf-SD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37580) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlVu-0000F0-A5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlVu-0003gB-4h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33005 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 33005-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33005.157124082114136 (code B ref 33005); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33005) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Oct 2019 15:47:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46401 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlVs-0003fw-KR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:00 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:47070 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKlVr-0003fk-F6 for 33005@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:47:00 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EDF2BFA028; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:46:52 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87h849xds3.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:03:56 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169458 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> > Would it make sense to change the default of gnus-mock-emacs-program to >> > something like (expand-file-name "src/emacs" source-directory) or >> > similar? >> >> Yes, that would probably work. But it still make assumptions about how >> the user is working on emacs. Probably I should just default the option >> to nil and ask users to always set it explicitly. > > Wouldn't that be the worst default since people are expected to use > emacs -Q to start gnus-mock? People are expected to use `gnus-mock-start' to start it, which does "emacs -Q" internally. The only requirement is that the emacs be run from a build directory, and not an installation.