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From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 48108@debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com
Subject: bug#48108: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:53:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAeL0SR39VnrVSfP+wA-n3X6_fJwq50VnesrE0Bp9NM6pxUh+A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <835yeznhy9.fsf@gnu.org>

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On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:48 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

I still don't understand why would that constitute a bug.  It is created so
> that future compilation wouldn't have to worry about its existence if and
> when they need to deposit *.eln files there.
>

Because preventively creating subdirs that will, or will not, ever be used
is untidy.

Also, because if someone has taken the effort of setting the variable, it's
quite possible they don't want .eln files in ~/.emacs.d/

Yes, they should use an absolute path, and/or `startup-redirect-eln-cache'
(preferably).

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-28 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAAeL0SRmG9KtR7PLcmYrS2DUsiuWz72stWz=ir5F02rZnLfJ3A@mail.gmail.com>
2022-11-28  8:59 ` bug#48108: Fwd: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp] Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-28 12:44 ` bug#48108: " Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28 13:09   ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-28 13:22     ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-28 13:43       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28 13:54         ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-28 14:44           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28 15:14             ` Juanma Barranquero
2022-11-28 16:48               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28 16:53                 ` Juanma Barranquero [this message]
2022-11-28 13:38     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-28 13:48       ` Juanma Barranquero
2021-04-29 21:59 Stefan Kangas
2021-04-30  7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-01 11:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-01 11:36   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-01 16:18     ` Rudolf Schlatte
2022-07-01 18:13       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-02 10:40     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-02 10:48       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-02 11:01         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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