This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #2407: 23.0.90; Emacs chokes on empty command line argument It has been closed by Stefan Monnier . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Stefan Monnier by replying to this email. -- 2407: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=2407 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems