GNU bug report logs - #51327
28.0.60; emacsclient warns about XDG_RUNTIME_DIR when starting daemon on-demand

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Found in version 28.0.60

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Message #48 received at 51327 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: 51327 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51327: 28.0.60; emacsclient warns about XDG_RUNTIME_DIR when
 starting daemon on demand
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 15:58:07 +0100

Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org> writes:

> If I understand this report correctly, the problem is just the spurious
> warning about XDG_RUNTIME_DIR?
>
> Instead of changing the functionality (which breaks other use cases, see
> my message to emacs-devel), wouldn't it make more sense to just suppress
> the warning if the variable is set? As in attached patch?

The discussion is here:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2021-11/msg00394.html
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