From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16154: Emacs crashes if $HOME isn't writable Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:25:50 +0200 Message-ID: <834n6af5dd.fsf@gnu.org> References: <21165.24925.926459.238783@zaphod.ms25.net> <87iouqz6ja.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387124836 18317 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2013 16:27:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:27:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16154@debbugs.gnu.org To: Achim Gratz Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 15 17:27:21 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 1VsEXI-0005bR-Nv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:27:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51542 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEXI-0005Y6-4J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:27:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53845) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEX9-0005Xz-Hn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:27:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEX1-0001Ha-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:27:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37803) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEX1-0001HV-87 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:27:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEX0-0007BC-O0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:27:02 +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=B16154.138712477327516 (code B ref 16154); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 16:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16154) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2013 16:26:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51818 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEWC-00079j-1E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:26:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:35682) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsEW4-00079Q-8A for 16154@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:26:05 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MXU00F00W5OWC00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 16154@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:25:43 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MXU00FQVWAVWJ00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:25:43 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87iouqz6ja.fsf@Rainer.invalid> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il 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:82016 Archived-At: > From: Achim Gratz > Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:40:25 +0100 > > > It would be better if Emacs can be used even if the HOME directory > > isn't writable. > > Well, in my testing Emacs works (giving just a warning about the > non-writable .emacs.d and then moving on), both 24.3 and trunk from a > few days back. Indeed, same here.