From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Use .emacs.d in savehist.el Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:54:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87u0f69ae6.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87oe5e977f.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87oe5dapcz.fsf@mahaena.lrde> <87wtjxt1z8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hdazbqnm.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pspn9kc0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87wtjuh114.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87acgpghhu.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87vezd0xa4.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> <87k6fsfrz2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1130947464 5183 80.91.229.2 (2 Nov 2005 16:04:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:04:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , snogglethorpe@gmail.com, michael.cadilhac@lrde.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 02 17:04:22 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXL23-0005Ug-B1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:00:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXL22-00059S-Kh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:00:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXKwe-0003Cw-59 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:54:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EXKwc-0003Bg-FS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:54:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EXKwc-0003BV-38 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:54:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [132.204.24.67] (helo=mercure.iro.umontreal.ca) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EXKwD-0005xk-2m; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 10:54:09 -0500 Original-Received: from hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.50]) by mercure.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BC82CF495; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:54:07 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from asado.iro.umontreal.ca (asado.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.24.84]) by hidalgo.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC984AC00A; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:54:03 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: by asado.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 7FFE1E6C1F; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 10:54:03 -0500 (EST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:27:36 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-DIRO-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-DIRO-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-DIRO-MailScanner-SpamCheck: n'est pas un polluriel, SpamAssassin (score=-4.852, requis 5, autolearn=not spam, AWL 0.05, BAYES_00 -4.90) X-MailScanner-From: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:45302 Archived-At: > In that case, maybe using root's own .emacs.d is actually the safer > thing to do, even if it is inconsistent with the meaning of "-u foo". > I don't agree with Stefan. I want this to work right, > which means, to edit the init file of the specified user, > or get an error if it can't write that file. For what it's worth I agree with that, at least if it means not doing anything special for root. That towhich I'm opposed is code that special-cases the situation where the user is root. People who run Emas as root should get what they ask for (aka what they deserve). If they don't like it because it's "dangerous" they should simply not do it. Stefan