From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Achim Gratz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16154: Emacs crashes if $HOME isn't writable Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:40:25 +0100 Organization: Linux Private Site Message-ID: <87iouqz6ja.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <21165.24925.926459.238783@zaphod.ms25.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1387107735 18255 80.91.229.3 (15 Dec 2013 11:42:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:42:15 +0000 (UTC) To: 16154@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 15 12:42:20 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 1VsA5T-0005XA-6H for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:42:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50603 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA5S-0002Xw-SD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:42:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38168) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA5J-0002Xe-NQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:42:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA5C-0000Dw-Jt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:42:09 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36811) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA5C-0000Dq-GU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA5C-0006z8-4D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <21165.24925.926459.238783@zaphod.ms25.net> Resent-From: Achim Gratz Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:42:01 +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: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.138710766326765 (code B ref -1); Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:42:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Dec 2013 11:41:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50827 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA4E-0006xc-Rd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:41:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36139) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA4C-0006xC-5A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:41:00 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA44-0008UM-UE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:41:00 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:32902) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA44-0008UI-RB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:40:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37848) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA3y-0002Sc-BZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:40:52 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA3s-0008TR-6e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:40:46 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:49729) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA3r-0008TN-WD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:40:40 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VsA3o-0004b1-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:40:36 +0100 Original-Received: from pd9eb1d98.dip0.t-ipconnect.de ([217.235.29.152]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:40:36 +0100 Original-Received: from Stromeko by pd9eb1d98.dip0.t-ipconnect.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:40:36 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 25 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9eb1d98.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZU75RzB1h8/tv0bFtHPwbla46NU= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). 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:82008 Archived-At: Reinhard Kotucha writes: > Creating directory: permission denied, //.emacs.d/ > > and refuses to do anything useful. It's on purpose that user 'nobody' > doesn't have a writable HOME directory. It looks like nobody doesn't have a non-writable HOME, but no HOME at all (or "/") on your system. > 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. Perhaps you have something in site-lisp that assumes a writable ~/.emacs.d? Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada