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bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist
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From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#47298: Emacs creates HOME if it does not exist |
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Date: |
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:29:23 +0200 |
> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:40:53 -0400
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> IMO the Emacs 26.3 behaviour is correct, and Emacs should not be
> creating HOME if it does not exist.
I'm not sure I agree with you. What do other programs do in this
situation? And if we don't create ~/.emacs.d, how can we save user's
customizations?
> One may want to set a non-existent HOME eg for testing.
That might mean we need to find other ways of isolating tests from
user customizations.
Does anyone else have an opinion on this?