GNU bug report logs - #58073
29.0.50; Uninstalled emacs sends startup messages to stderr

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2022 15:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58073 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58073: 29.0.50; Uninstalled emacs sends startup messages to stderr
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2022 22:55:58 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> One problem with that approach is that the wrapper cannot be named
>> "emacs".
>
> One thing I can suggest is to use the --dump-file=FILE command-line
> option inside the script to direct Emacs to its .pdmp file.  If you
> don't do that, Emacs tries to intuit it using the value of argv[0] it
> receives from the OS, and I guess your naming somehow trips that?

Thanks for the hint, that might come in handy.  However, I think I made
a mistake when testing earlier; it now works when the wrapper is named
"emacs", despite not using --dump-file=FILE.

Please close, and sorry for the noise.

     Cheers,
     Jonas
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