GNU bug report logs - #72294
29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file elsewhere

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Sean Devlin <spd <at> toadstyle.org>

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.2

Done: Daan Ro <daanturo <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #31 received at 72294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: spd <at> toadstyle.org, 72294 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#72294: 29.2; Emacs --init-directory=... puts user-init-file
 elsewhere
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:14:27 +0200

>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:03:41 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> said:

    >> ~/.emacs:
    >> 
    >> (message "Home dir")
    >> 
    >> /tmp/emacs-30/.emacs:
    >> 
    >> (message "Temp dir")
    >> 
    >> src/emacs --init-directory=/tmp/emacs-30
    >> 
    >> => *Messages* contains "Home dir"
    >> 
    >> So it looks like this option only affects `user-emacs-directory'.

    Eli> Sean said that an existing init file was being used from that
    Eli> directory.  This contradicts your observations.

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'.

Robert
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