Subject: bug#37456: closed (Re: 27.0.50; can't load .emacs file)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:01:02 +0000

Your bug report

#37456: 27.0.50; can't load .emacs file

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: 27.0.50; can't load .emacs file
From: Katsumi Yamaoka <[email-masked]>
To: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:00:05 +0900
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:04:20 -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks for the bug report. I installed the attached; please give it a try.

I confirmed that Emacs get working as normal.
Thank you for fixing this.  Closing.

Subject: 27.0.50; can't load .emacs file
From: Katsumi Yamaoka <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 10:54:20 +0900
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Recipe:
・Create a new directory named "~/pseudo-home" .
・Make a file named "~/pseudo-home/.emacs" with some contents.
・Do:
$ export HOME=/home/$USER/pseudo-home
$ cd
$ emacs&

Then Emacs doesn't load the .emacs file, and if installing an elpa
package it is installed under the .config/emacs/elpa/ directory.
But if there is already the .emacs.d/ directory, Emacs loads
the .emacs file and an elpa package is installed in the .emacs.d/
directory.  Contrary, Emacs 26.3.50 loads the .emacs file even if
there is no .emacs.d/ directory and create the .emacs.d/ directory.

Thanks.

In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-cygwin, GTK+ Version 3.22.28)
 of 2019-09-19 built on localhost
Windowing system distributor 'The Cygwin/X Project', version 11.0.12004000