From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs options -batch and --no-site-file Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <53847.35041.828701.21391@gargle.gargle.HOWL> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1401953111 21972 80.91.229.3 (5 Jun 2014 07:25:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 07:25:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ulrich Mueller , Christian Egli , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Roland Winkler" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 05 09:25:02 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2o-0002Sq-3t for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:25:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38845 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2m-0002SE-IK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:25:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50216) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2j-0002RH-A9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2i-0000UO-Kg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2i-0000UI-Hp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:56 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WsS2h-00012q-85; Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:24:55 -0400 X-Spook: Downing Street Serbian genetic freedom SWAT interception X-Ran: @gL*UR-\6L`E&*wSp'cKPY4$]Q$$JW{[F+qCS~42T0Ya@FE*cuiw7&z (Roland Winkler's message of "Wed, 4 Jun 2014 21:13:43 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:172356 Archived-At: "Roland Winkler" wrote: > byte-compiling the lisp sources of BBDB. The option -batch implies > --no-init-file, but it does not imply --no-site-file. Is there a > reason for the latter? Historical reasons, I guess. > Is there a "recommended strategy" which of these options such a > Makefile should / should not use? If you don't want to be affected by any site lisp file (I assume you don't), add --no-site-file.