Re: Compiling Emacs from source for hacking on it

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 22:22:31 +0600
> 
> > If using "-Q" doesn't help, perhaps this is some problem with building
> > in a separate directory, in which case you could rebuild in-place and
> > try again.
> 
> Yes, adding -Q works.  But why it can't read my init file even when the
> whole file is commented?  Or is it expected?

If using -Q solves the problem, look for the reason in your init files
or site-init files.  Also, maybe you have some installed packages that
get activated at startup?

However, if all you need is to make changes in Emacs, maybe you can
always invoke this version-for-hacking with -Q?