GNU bug report logs - #36598
26.1; (error "‘/tmp/emacs1000’ is not a safe directory because it is a symlink")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: mah <at> everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger)

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Cc: mah <at> everybody.org, 36598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36598: 26.1; (error "‘/tmp/emacs1000’ is not a safe directory because it is a symlink")
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 16:45:18 +0200

phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk writes:

> Launch emacs-27, start the server. Now launch emacs-26 and start the
> server with a different. The problem is that
> emacs-27 creates the file /tmp/emacs($PID) as a symlink, while
> emacs-26 doesn't like it.
>
> Probably created by
>
> b663c837249 (Stefan Monnier          2019-05-03  538)

Could you post a backtrace for the "doesn't like it" case?

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