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bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:40:53 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Package: emacs
Version: 27.1
Severity: minor
Assuming /tmp/foo does not exist:
HOME=/tmp/foo emacs-26.3
Emacs starts, but displays a warning:
Warning (initialization): Unable to create `user-emacs-directory'
(~/.emacs.d/).
Any data that would normally be written there may be lost!
If you never want to see this message again,
customize the variable `user-emacs-directory-warning'.
Error (initialization): User someuser has no home directory
With Emacs 27.1, HOME is silently created.
(Only interactively; this does not happen in batch mode.)
I assume a4144af909, which added the PARENTS argument to the
make-directory call in locate-user-emacs-file, causes this.
IMO the Emacs 26.3 behaviour is correct, and Emacs should not be
creating HOME if it does not exist. One may want to set a non-existent
HOME eg for testing.
- bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist,
Glenn Morris <=