From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default init files in GNU/Linux distributions (was: bug in 22.0.50.1 ?? no rmailgen.el) Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:41:34 +0300 Message-ID: References: <44F077EC.2000607@speakeasy.net> <44F1F197.6080906@speakeasy.net> <44F23E59.9060202@speakeasy.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156934521 2306 80.91.229.2 (30 Aug 2006 10:42:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: gebser@speakeasy.net Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 30 12:41:59 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GINW9-0007Vt-Gu for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:41:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GINW8-0000Lq-Gg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:41:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GINVs-0000KO-KX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:41:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GINVr-0000KC-Sl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:41:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GINVr-0000K9-Q6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:41:39 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GINfF-00059v-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:51:21 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-205-199.inter.net.il [80.230.205.199]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id ENH53314 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:41:35 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: ken , emacs-devel@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from Reiner Steib on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:12:02 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:59104 Archived-At: > From: Reiner Steib > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:12:02 +0200 > > On Mon, Aug 28 2006, ken wrote: > > [ ~/.gnu-emacs file ] > > My best and most dispassionate estimation is that it was put there when > > the account was created-- it is a standard file in /etc/skel/-- > > It's probably from SUSE's Emacs package: > > $ rpm -qf /etc/skel/.gnu-emacs > emacs-21.3-206 > $ cat /etc/SuSE-release > SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) OSS > VERSION = 10.0 > > SUSE reads ~/.gnu-emacs from ~/.emacs when not running XEmacs. But as > we can see, some of the tests in those files are broken or at least > only suitable when using the Emacs packages from the distribution. > > There's lot of other code in ~/.emacs / .gnu-emacs from SUSE that I > would not recommend. In that case, I'd suggest to send a bug report to the SUSE maintainers. Thanks.