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bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has be
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:39:04 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> IMHO, if the current directory no longer exists, the default-directory
>> of *scratch* can be nil.
>
> Yes, that seems to be the right fix for this problem.
> Of course a default-directory set to nil can cause problems down the
> road, but these are either unavoidable or should likely be fixable.
I installed something along these lines. Now:
mkdir /tmp/foo
cd /tmp/foo
rmdir /tmp/foo
emacs -Q
works for me ~ 10% of the time. The rest of the time it segfaults.
Does someone see what's missing?
- bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed,
Glenn Morris <=