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#13930: Emacs doesn't cope well if it can't access/create .emacs.d Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:43:09 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363059853 2870 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2013 03:44:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:44:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13930@debbugs.gnu.org To: Robert Prije Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 12 04:44:37 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 1UFG8e-0000Pn-U3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:44:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34243 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8I-0001ss-OL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53912) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8F-0001sG-Al for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8D-00036h-Cw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43188) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8D-00036c-AH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG98-0003qe-MG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:45:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13930 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13930-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13930.136305985714720 (code B ref 13930); Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13930) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2013 03:44:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47297 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8O-0003pL-Hn for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:16 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:22450) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFG8L-0003p9-Qv for 13930@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:44:14 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFHO+KL9/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtji6CXAOkeoFegmop X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFHO+KL9/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEAVYjBQsLDiYSFBgNJIgeBsEtji6CXAOkeoFegmop X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="4374953" Original-Received: from 206-248-162-253.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.162.253]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 11 Mar 2013 23:43:08 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8D32C67863; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:43:09 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Robert Prije's message of "Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:35:55 +0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) 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.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:72360 Archived-At: > As a result, whenever I run sudo emacs on a file, it throws the error: > "Creating directory: Permission denied, /home/rprije/.emacs.d/" Can you run with --debug-init to hopefully get a backtrace showing in which context this error is signaled? Stefan