From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:39:59 -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 1414629691 6698 80.91.229.3 (30 Oct 2014 00:41:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:41:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18851@debbugs.gnu.org To: Vincent Lefevre Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 30 01:41:25 2014 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 1Xjdnn-0001g6-8h for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 01:41:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49761 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjdnm-0001Oo-Tf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:41:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45207) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjdnc-0001Oh-5J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:41:19 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdnU-0002aR-LN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:41:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47455) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdnU-0002aN-Hz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:41:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdnT-0005cl-RF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:41:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:41:03 +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=B18851.141462961321535 (code B ref 18851); Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:41:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18851) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Oct 2014 00:40:13 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39553 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xjdmf-0005bH-0L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:40:13 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:31144) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XjdmY-0005aa-47 for 18851@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:40:06 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au4MAOatTlRFpY87/2dsb2JhbABcgw6DYoZ+y1MEAgKBHBcBAXyEAwEBAwFWIwULCzQSFBgNJIhLCctyAQEBAQYBAQEBHpEIB4RLBbIggW+CNIFgIYJ6AQEB X-IPAS-Result: Au4MAOatTlRFpY87/2dsb2JhbABcgw6DYoZ+y1MEAgKBHBcBAXyEAwEBAwFWIwULCzQSFBgNJIhLCctyAQEBAQYBAQEBHpEIB4RLBbIggW+CNIFgIYJ6AQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.04,797,1406606400"; d="scan'208";a="95551482" Original-Received: from 69-165-143-59.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.143.59]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 29 Oct 2014 20:40:00 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id D59B07CFF; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:39:59 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20141029153959.GM5545@ypig.lip.ens-lyon.fr> (Vincent Lefevre's message of "Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:39:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:95277 > 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. Stefan