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#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:04 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87h9ypiqmm.fsf@xvii.vinc17.org> <8k61f398u4.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <20141029012802.GS4400@xvii.vinc17.org> <83y4rz1qmj.fsf@gnu.org> <20141029080939.GT4400@xvii.vinc17.org> <83r3xr0x4u.fsf@gnu.org> <20141029153959.GM5545@ypig.lip.ens-lyon.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1434069623 13916 80.91.229.3 (12 Jun 2015 00:40:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:40:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Vincent Lefevre , 18851@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 12 02:40:14 2015 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 1Z3D11-0007X8-Um for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:40:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49152 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D10-0000ws-Vt for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53925) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0x-0000vY-Fo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:40:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0w-0001Ul-16 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:40:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36686) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0v-0001Ty-PP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:40:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0u-0004DR-Ds for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:40:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:40:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18851 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18851-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18851.143406956416148 (code B ref 18851); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:40:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18851) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Jun 2015 00:39:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51146 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0G-0004CO-E6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40203) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D0E-0004CA-IJ for 18851@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3D08-0001AA-2d for 18851@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:17 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52373) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3Czy-00018J-6Q; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3Czx-00089t-2A; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:05 -0400 X-Spook: corporate security CNCIS analyzer basement Air borne X-Ran: ]:4.2zA>D_MOaP@bW"g~l]c;GLUz$Y@pP3l$^A.^`O;5ynxPd8YYVvs2RSK{9.sz|}8HH? X-Hue: green X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:39:59 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:103849 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> IMHO, if the current directory no longer exists, the default-directory >> of *scratch* can be nil. > > Yes, that seems to be the right fix for this problem. > Of course a default-directory set to nil can cause problems down the > road, but these are either unavoidable or should likely be fixable. I installed something along these lines. Now: mkdir /tmp/foo cd /tmp/foo rmdir /tmp/foo emacs -Q works for me ~ 10% of the time. The rest of the time it segfaults. Does someone see what's missing?