From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Brown Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copying .emacs.d Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:08:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <3b38c65f-a16c-48ff-b50e-ab56df8c73ba@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1464916164 1615 80.91.229.3 (3 Jun 2016 01:09:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 01:09:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Rusi Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 03 03:09:10 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1b8dbk-0000G1-Jc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:09:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51203 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8dbj-00048j-IJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:09:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55915) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8dbJ-00048K-W5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:08:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8dbD-0004qU-QM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:08:36 -0400 Original-Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:55784) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b8dbB-0004lo-BZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:08:31 -0400 Original-Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C4C220835; Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:08:18 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:08:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h=cc :content-type:date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=CNVlU FOiqDSJquLDQEBWKUvGzSw=; b=IYkyiyxb4uWFp+iw/+gOBGVvn9X8KXif6czM9 y9oZ25fo24b6IZldUjNwIFv4y+0PH4f3a9n/udWoawgAe8ZSocMmcfYjUfhrvLYc t88ednEoYJ+U3ncMzUex9WxRdGRuH5U5NB+sGAsJ23bbmPy1FqWppBcMlOn+3uai 3z68Tk= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=CNVlUFOiqDSJquLDQEBWKUvGzSw=; b=pMLyK W2Unx1YJVnAcbb+d9bt2ta2Z+TIgOrHcI7JhsK4I0CsquEjD686TS+xW7ydJH7Tk YnfznVhBEqiEV8uDqND0tq2kLPV2hMTXlBh5RGdGTGSTiZHaHd9rTl+7cwZbfz4M tFRoy9Zjca24FDQIcQgPmtJ4vIVnEOWzOCk7Yc= X-Sasl-enc: eERiXrDT2bjGuwEZWlPBhJDAe8i/d94QVxmgEl9gYwWd 1464916097 Original-Received: from air.local (unknown [24.15.207.81]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B378AF2A14; Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:08:17 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <3b38c65f-a16c-48ff-b50e-ab56df8c73ba@googlegroups.com> (Rusi's message of "Tue, 24 May 2016 22:23:49 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.94 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.26 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:110271 Archived-At: Rusi writes: > Is it ok to copy over .emacs.d from one machine to another > (assume similar OS)? > > I am specifically thinking of packages and elpa directory -- is > there some kind > of fingerprinting or is it legitimate? > > Context: I'd like to setup one minimal box for my students and > then > they can copy over .emacs.d from there to their laptops An example of a package that might not transfer is pdf-tools, as it has a compiled binary.