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Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> 				((eq system-type 'vax-vms)
> 				 "sys$login:.emacs")
> 				(t
>     ! 			     "~/.emacs"))))
>
> Don't install that change!
> It would break the feature that emacs runs your
> own init file (not root's init file) if you have su'd.
>
> It would also break -u.

Yeah, it was ill-conceived.

What should we do?  Would it suffice to update the Emacs manual to say
that the init file is looked for in the home directory of $USER
instead of $HOME?