Subject: bug#72294: 29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:51:34 +0200

>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:48:11 -0400, Sean Devlin <[email-masked]> said:
    >> An existing "init.el" file, if "~/.emacs" does not exist. Not a
    >> ".emacs" file in the directory specified by
    >> '--init-directory'. Because --init-directory changes
    >> `user-emacs-directory’.

    Sean> Correct, I only tested with a file named init.el, not .emacs.

Perhaps we should have a '--be-more-modern' flag that disables
searching for ".emacs" completely 😺 (I kid, I kid).

Robert
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