GNU bug report logs - #12911
24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether) `emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 12911 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#12911: 24.3.50; let users decide where (& perhaps whether)`emacs_backtrace.txt' files are written
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:03:02 -0800

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On 11/20/2012 7:47 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Store program-internal data where other programs do (on Windows).
> 
> Which is everywhere and nowhere.

All my other programs store program-generated files under AppData. None writes
indiscriminately to the current directory in the event of a crash.


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