From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 47298@debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Subject: bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:40:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20lfag5rru.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
Package: emacs
Version: 27.1
Severity: minor
Assuming /tmp/foo does not exist:
HOME=/tmp/foo emacs-26.3
Emacs starts, but displays a warning:
Warning (initialization): Unable to create `user-emacs-directory' (~/.emacs.d/).
Any data that would normally be written there may be lost!
If you never want to see this message again,
customize the variable `user-emacs-directory-warning'.
Error (initialization): User someuser has no home directory
With Emacs 27.1, HOME is silently created.
(Only interactively; this does not happen in batch mode.)
I assume a4144af909, which added the PARENTS argument to the
make-directory call in locate-user-emacs-file, causes this.
IMO the Emacs 26.3 behaviour is correct, and Emacs should not be
creating HOME if it does not exist. One may want to set a non-existent
HOME eg for testing.
next reply other threads:[~2021-03-21 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-21 17:40 Glenn Morris [this message]
2021-03-21 19:03 ` bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist Andreas Schwab
2021-03-22 6:55 ` Jean Louis
2021-03-22 17:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-25 18:28 ` Glenn Morris
2021-03-26 9:18 ` Jean Louis
2022-06-25 15:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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