From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: yary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11612: 24.1; Defaults create warning on startup Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 15:43:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <8362b9cyjr.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338666261 23213 80.91.229.3 (2 Jun 2012 19:44:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 19:44:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11612@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 02 21:44:19 2012 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 1SauFH-0007Bq-9p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:44:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55151 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauFH-0003ZG-3W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:44:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52025) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauFE-0003Z7-S0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:44:17 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauFD-00049j-0h for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:44:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45380) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SauFC-00049d-R3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:44:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauGv-0003Su-Ii for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:46:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: yary Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11612 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11612-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11612.133866633313271 (code B ref 11612); Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:46:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11612) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jun 2012 19:45:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54923 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauGT-0003Rz-8z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:45:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-f172.google.com ([209.85.214.172]:47916) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SauGQ-0003Rm-JB for 11612@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:45:31 -0400 Original-Received: by obbeh20 with SMTP id eh20so5919735obb.3 for <11612@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:43:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YXVhCciTTDj0sKfGURNfPJGOy7dB56su4SLfUkba8yk=; b=pNEg63rfLu6GZ5TCqRTArxrovHCQMy4CswdMU7yY4HDLXQ92LNGrVpNBkn0GWosbA9 441KftYTspH1vFVn52jp3CaWyW4me83Fl/lK4KrQo/lzJ1A3KH6f3iZBm9TyCxebgp1Q ASUs4zSwowYqCI1Qthg4wHKRnvyif+b3DTqsSXJqbZMFzcffE3l+yOCve8RN0Ay77EXX u4UNCpLgRjEdijvcwZw4TxlCNgaXSfm3jIy+bJrCN62MDD2T4lkNFXY/wtGh/fqzWziG RRhfMKkmmaUrS/xTK2+hF6iZRWKxBH8zlJH4fafcCcCJvqhYdy2BE+89WXfU1XWJuJ31 oMTA== Original-Received: by 10.50.88.201 with SMTP id bi9mr4784994igb.27.1338666216403; Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:43:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.64.141.239 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:43:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8362b9cyjr.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:60636 Archived-At: Oh, look at that, I do have a c:\.emacs file. I did do a quick web search on this warning before sending the report, and didn't get a description as good as the one you just emailed me. Could the warning message "Setting HOME to C:\ by default is deprecated" also include "Move .emacs out from C:\" or "See info ..." to help us find the fix? Thanks -y On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: yary >> Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 14:58:06 -0400 >> >> Using the Windows release candidate binaries, build 1 24.1, >> running with emacs -Q, starts emacs with a *Warning* buffer: >> >> Warning (initialization): Setting HOME to C:\ by default is deprecated > > This warning means that you have a .emacs file in C:\, which causes > Emacs to pretend that HOME is set to point to that directory. =A0This > arrangement is deprecated, and will cease to be supported in a future > version of Emacs. =A0Thus the warning. > > IOW, this is a feature, not a bug. > > I suggest to close this bug. > >> I believe previous emacs set HOME to %UserProfile% > > It will do that if you remove/rename C:\.emacs. > >> - regardless of the setting for emacs 24, its default should not >> cause a warning, or at least the warning could a suggest remedy. > > This is a feature.