GNU bug report logs - #42827
27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in version 27.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au>
Cc: 42827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42827: 27.1; ~/Emacs file not read at init
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:08:57 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 12:05:02 +0000, Tomasz Kowalski <T.Kowalski <at> latrobe.edu.au> said:

    Tomasz> Hi there,
    Tomasz> Emacs ignores ~/Emacs file at startup. Below are the relevant lines 
    Tomasz> from strace:
    Tomasz> --------------------------------------------
    Tomasz> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
    Tomasz> (No such file or directory)
    Tomasz> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/home/tomaszEmacs", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
    Tomasz> file or directory)
    Tomasz> uname({sysname="Linux", nodename="schooner", ...}) = 0
    Tomasz> --------------------------------------------
    Tomasz> "/home/tomaszEmacs" should clearly be "/home/tomasz/Emacs" and
    Tomasz> "/home/tomaszen_AU.utf8/Emacs" should
    Tomasz> be "/home/tomasz/en_AU.utf8/Emacs"

    Tomasz> Forgotten / somewhere? 

Hmm. Any chance of catching that in gdb so we can see where itʼs being
called from?

Robert
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