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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Message #26 received at 36598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: phillip.lord <at> russet.org.uk
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 36598 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 mah <at> everybody.org
Subject: Re: bug#36598: 26.1; (error "‘/tmp/emacs1000’ is not a safe directory because it is a symlink")
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:43:03 -0400

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

> As far as I can see, this will only affect the edge case of someone
> running two versions of Emacs. I tend to do this (I run gnus in a
> standalone release emacs, and everything else in another emacs).

Note that running "make check" in master creates this link and leaves it
behind, causing this error to occur for any released Emacs version.
It's a bit irritating.
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