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charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:48 PM Eli Zaretskii 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). --000000000000c89acd05ee8ab87c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


<= div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 5:48 PM Eli Za= retskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
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I still don't understand why would that constitute a bug.=C2=A0 It is c= reated so
that future compilation wouldn't have to worry about its existence if a= nd
when they need to deposit *.eln files there.

Because preventiv= ely 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&= #39;s quite possible they don't want .eln files in ~/.emacs.d/

=
Yes, th= ey should use an absolute path, and/or `startup-redirect-eln-cache' (pr= eferably).
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