GNU bug report logs - #55655
28.1; package.el no longers respects `user-emacs-directory'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shitikanth <shitikanth1 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 11:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 55655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Shitikanth <shitikanth1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 55655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55655: 28.1; package.el no longers respects
 `user-emacs-directory'
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 11:09:05 +0530

[வெள்ளி மே 27, 2022] Shitikanth wrote:

>>Could you give some more details about the use case that actually
> affects you
>
> I just have a couple of different configs and use them with
> "emacs -Q --load $config_dir/init.el" and set the user-emacs-directory
> early in "$config_dir/init.el". This was also the easiest way to try out
> other people's configs without disturbing your own.
>
> I guess I was always aware that this was an abuse of the init system,
> so if this is an intended change, you can close the bug report.
>

FWIW, Emacs 29 added a --init-directory flag for these purposes.  Here's
the NEWS entry of the change,

    ** Emacs now supports setting 'user-emacs-directory' via '--init-directory'.
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