bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2014-10-29 18:31:13 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> writes:
> 
> > On 2014-10-29 17:15:45 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >> Try this:
> >> 
> >> emacs --eval '(progn (setq default-directory nil) (find-file "~/out"))'
> >
> > Thanks. Now my question is: after starting Emacs like that, will there
> > be any serious problem due to the fact that default-directory value is
> > nil (except for the ~/out buffer)?
> 
> The global value of default-directory isn't actually used that much, new
> buffers inherit its value from the current buffer.

And what about the *scratch* buffer? Is this a problem like Eli said?
If any, what problems?

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