#
#
# patch "lua_hooks.cc"
#  from [e61801cae30ad803e68f8419729619159719137a]
#    to [26dbfb8306a7b7b4871f61877c7fd0f72abadfdd]
# 
# patch "mt_version.cc"
#  from [72c6a402aaeb10deb10b914775b3c90a461042fa]
#    to [3e984b954e17538a14e1ece58493fcb3afef8846]
#
============================================================
--- lua_hooks.cc	e61801cae30ad803e68f8419729619159719137a
+++ lua_hooks.cc	26dbfb8306a7b7b4871f61877c7fd0f72abadfdd
@@ -187,8 +187,24 @@ lua_hooks::load_rcfile(any_path const & 
 lua_hooks::load_rcfile(any_path const & rc, bool required)
 {
   I(st);
-  if (path_exists(rc))
+  bool exists;
+  try
     {
+      exists = path_exists(rc);
+    }
+  catch (informative_failure & e)
+    {
+      if (!required)
+        {
+          L(FL("skipping rcfile '%s': %s") % rc % e.what());
+          return;
+        }
+      else
+        throw;
+    }
+
+  if (exists)
+    {
       L(FL("opening rcfile '%s'") % rc);
       N(run_file(st, rc.as_external().c_str()),
         F("lua error while loading '%s'") % rc);
============================================================
--- mt_version.cc	72c6a402aaeb10deb10b914775b3c90a461042fa
+++ mt_version.cc	3e984b954e17538a14e1ece58493fcb3afef8846
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ using std::string;
 using std::ostringstream;
 using std::string;
 
-CMD(version, "version", "", CMD_REF(informative), "",
+CMD_NO_WORKSPACE(version, "version", "", CMD_REF(informative), "",
     N_("Shows the program version"),
     "",
     options::opts::full)