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				((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.