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27.2; Backtrace put in home dir, not current dir

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Message #18 received at 51758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 51758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, scotto <at> sharpleaf.org
Subject: Re: bug#51758: 27.2; Backtrace put in home dir, not current dir
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:05:29 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> 		       "Select:\n"
>> 		       "YES -- to debug Emacs, or\n"
>> 		       "NO  -- to abort Emacs and produce a backtrace\n"
>> 		       "       (emacs_backtrace.txt in current directory)."
>> #if __GNUC__
>> 		       "\n\n(type \"gdb -p <emacs-PID>\" and\n"
>> 		       "\"continue\" inside GDB before clicking YES.)"
>> #endif
>> 		       , "Emacs Abort Dialog",
>> 
>> Eli, should that text just be amended?  (If it always puts the backtrace
>> in EMACSHOME, that is -- I haven't actually cheked the code here.)
>
> The text is correct.  I'm guessing the OP starts Emacs from EMACSHOME
> directory.

Or perhaps the user thinks that the "current directory" here is
`current-directory'?

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