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#4347: Bug for .emacs.d? Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:25:23 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4AA1B07E.3080703@alice.it> <4AAABF56.40802@alice.it> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252730887 32067 80.91.229.12 (12 Sep 2009 04:48:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , 4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Angelo Graziosi Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 12 06:48:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MmKWl-0006Xv-J4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:47:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45315 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmKWk-0002BY-96 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmKVw-0001s6-89 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MmKVr-0001qT-9c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44816 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MmKVq-0001qN-Ry for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:57972) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MmKVq-0005gI-BM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8C4kxD9012433; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:46:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8C4UB7h009642; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:30:11 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:30:11 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:30:10 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4347 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4347-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4347.12527295338892 (code B ref 4347); Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:30:10 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4347) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Sep 2009 04:25:33 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.181] (may be forged)) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n8C4PT0m008837 for <4347@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:25:31 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArMEAMe+qkpFpZBe/2dsb2JhbACBU9oRhBgFh3I X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,374,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="45598335" Original-Received: from 69-165-144-94.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.165.144.94]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 12 Sep 2009 00:23:50 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id B2811B40D4; Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:25:23 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4AAABF56.40802@alice.it> (Angelo Graziosi's message of "Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:21:26 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:47:07 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:30995 Archived-At: >> Just so I understand better: is the problem that ~/.emacs.d is created >> at build-time, or that it's created at run-time? > It is created at run-time, unless it is created previously. This happens > both on Cygwin and GNU/Linux Kubuntu 8.04 and 9.04. > They are a few years I use Emacs without seeing any empty '~/.emacs.d' > directory at its start, and from August 29, 2009, instead, it happens... > It is a bug, unless someone explains why Emacs, NOW, have to create that > empty directory when it starts. There's no question that the behavior changed. And clearly you do not like it. But ... what's the harm? Lots of programs create a ~/.foo directory at start. Stefan