Re: emacsclient socket ownership

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden, address@hidden
> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 16:36:59 -0800
> 
> On 12/5/18 12:19 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > emacsclient could have a command-line option for that.
> 
> emacsclient already has the '-s SOCKET' option. Plus, you can set 
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (or unset it) in the environment before invoking 
> emacsclient. As far as I can see, this should let users avoid the 
> problems Michael describes. (And if I'm wrong, what further emacsclient 
> option would be useful?)
> 
> > It's for letting users get back pre-27 behavior.  They could want it
> > for any number of reasons.
> Unsetting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR should get the pre-27 behavior in emacsclient.

How about mentioning these in NEWS, then?  Maybe in the manual as
well?