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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 12911@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:50:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zk2exnc2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvr4nqnzdi.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org,  drew.adams@oracle.com
> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 20:44:23 -0500
> 
> >> There's no reason for Emacs to change its behavior
> >> on GNUish hosts.  People on these hosts are used to
> >> the current behavior with stderr.  Any problems
> >> in this area are limited to Microsoft platforms, and
> >> can be solved in a Microsoft-specific way.
> > There are no problems on Windows, either.
> 
> There's clearly a problem: creating a file emacs_backtrace.txt in some
> "in your face" directory annoys some users (and I'm sure we can come up
> with funny hypothetical scenarios where it leads to serious breakage of
> god knows what).
> Hence the suggestion to use ~/.emacs.d which is much less "in your face"
> and much safer.

I'm waiting for this to be implemented on Posix platforms, then.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-19  3:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-16 18:30 bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? Drew Adams
2012-11-16 18:40 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-11-16 19:08   ` Drew Adams
2012-11-16 19:42     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-16 21:02       ` Drew Adams
2012-11-17  7:23         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 16:36           ` Drew Adams
2012-11-16 21:49       ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-17  7:27         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-16 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-16 19:22   ` Drew Adams
2012-11-16 19:39     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-16 20:56       ` Drew Adams
2012-11-17  7:21         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 16:36           ` Drew Adams
2012-11-17 18:45 ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-17 19:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 19:29     ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-17 19:42       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 21:25         ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-17 23:08           ` bug#12911: " Drew Adams
2012-11-18  1:12             ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-18  1:19             ` bug#12911: " Paul Eggert
2012-11-18  3:55               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18  3:56             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18  4:04           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18  5:19             ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-18 17:16               ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18 19:18                 ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-18 21:10                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19  1:44                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19  3:50                       ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-11-17 23:01     ` bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? Drew Adams
2012-11-18  1:24       ` Paul Eggert
2012-11-18  3:58       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18  4:40         ` Drew Adams
2012-11-18 17:53           ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18 18:42             ` Drew Adams
2012-11-18  5:19         ` bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? Paul Eggert
2012-11-18 17:08           ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-18  7:08         ` bug#12908: 24.3.50; file `emacs_backtrace.txt'? Achim Gratz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-11-16 20:48 bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written Drew Adams
2012-11-16 21:05 ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'files " Drew Adams
2012-11-16 21:19 ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files " Stefan Monnier
2012-11-17  7:26   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 17:38     ` Drew Adams
2012-11-17 17:55       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-17 18:24         ` Drew Adams
2012-11-19  1:52     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19  3:51       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19  4:07         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19 15:52           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19 18:04             ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19 18:13               ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19 18:35                 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19 18:40                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19 19:47                     ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-19 20:05                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-19 21:15                         ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20  3:58                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20  4:59                             ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20  5:02                               ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-20 13:16                                 ` Andy Moreton
2012-11-20 16:27                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 17:03                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 17:36                                   ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-20 18:02                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 18:57                                       ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether)`emacs_backtrace.txt' " Drew Adams
2012-11-20 19:58                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 21:47                                           ` Drew Adams
2012-11-21  3:47                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-21  4:03                                               ` Daniel Colascione
2012-11-21 15:43                                                 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-11-20 18:30                                   ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' " Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 18:37                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 20:15                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2012-11-20 16:36                               ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-11-20 17:11                                 ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt'files " Drew Adams
2012-11-20 17:53                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 18:10                                     ` Drew Adams
2012-11-20 18:27                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 19:15                                         ` Dani Moncayo
2012-11-20 19:41                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-11-20 20:11                                             ` Dani Moncayo
2012-11-20 17:49                                 ` bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files " Eli Zaretskii

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