From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16154: Emacs crashes if $HOME isn't writable Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:47:46 -0500 Message-ID: <7yob4hrj4t.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <21165.24925.926459.238783@zaphod.ms25.net> <87iouqz6ja.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <834n6af5dd.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387136883 11529 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2013 19:48:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:48:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Achim Gratz , reinhard.kotucha@web.de To: 16154@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 15 20:48:09 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1VsHfc-00043v-Lr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 20:48:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52249 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfc-0003jD-Ay for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfY-0003ip-Il for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfW-0004Ld-O0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:38008) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfW-0004LS-L5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfW-0005Ci-9d for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:48:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16154 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16154-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16154.138713687219984 (code B ref 16154); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16154) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2013 19:47:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52027 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfL-0005CG-C4 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:47:51 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:51933) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfJ-0005C8-E2 for 16154@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:47:49 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsHfH-0001WW-2U; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:47:47 -0500 X-Spook: encryption Bellcore Juiliett Class Submarine Clinton X-Ran: =\WMfIoZP|8J6%R,0#+?/bg07Mm[ky9.n0_k8lj8)O]zkf{M%e-R!D (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:25:50 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:82022 Archived-At: Not sure why you guys are saying this works in 24.3, because I only fixed this in trunk semi-recently: http://debbugs.gnu.org/13930 Ie, this should be fixed in 24.4. Of course, "refuses to do anything useful" is very vague, so I have no way to test whatever the OP was seeing works now. PS it's not a good idea to omit the OP from replies.