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28.1; package.el no longers respects `user-emacs-directory'

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Message #26 received at 55655 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Shitikanth <shitikanth1 <at> gmail.com>
To: Visuwesh <visuweshm <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 11:33:17 +0530

Great news! That's exactly what I needed

Thanks for pointing that out!

On Fri, 27 May 2022 at 11:09, Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [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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