From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:55:56 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#78822: 28.2; Debian 12 GNU Emacs Custom custom-set-variables and init.el Resent-From: Barry Davidson Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 02:01:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 78822 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 78822@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.175021200917160 (code B ref -1); Wed, 18 Jun 2025 02:01:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Jun 2025 02:00:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40042 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1uRi5x-0004SN-1X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:00:09 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:470:142::17]:35598) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1uRi5t-0004OJ-Fl for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 22:00:06 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1uRi5g-0007fT-Ma for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:59:57 -0400 Received: from danwin1210.de ([116.202.17.147]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1uRi5e-0006cJ-22 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:59:51 -0400 Received: from gentoo (unknown [IPv6:2a02:2168:b0a:a56c::1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature ECDSA (secp384r1) server-digest SHA384) (No client certificate requested) by danwin1210.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6528C3EF79 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 2025 01:59:45 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=danwin1210.de; s=20211204-rsa; t=1750211985; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rrEQnY5pvhnHiJ8mQyaKtO2MJ56b3HF3rTDqVMgIYb8=; b=fCcvzCsS1tMFw6nUCk6UJZnU7nlGHsotzQomAi2LmpmkBBwcbXKKpKj8Z284Hz9R+7q8Fm gKZtaVno2ErJwqaM4cY2ADTdjXtV21gK52zZeqywm4+hWHF+ZHFQ8hXubjT1J5vOH2VBax RuMPN59+4kHpgo2s4vfSQFwHtSwez8uUu/ssOB1oqMfO96C26D8GvN0mSC2OSnU0Gv9DhY +gihoK7tw75k4cEf6+8UJJH6wnFJImmCdqHamgdfBcNNgqiFPiRQeLwG4n+NrihgtszJJ8 KD0d2j4J5wZTXtsQDY2SxKJtelC8mc6t7NvhqPdT0l/Y8p6cPHlAK1Fo3QIcIw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=danwin1210.de; s=20211204-ed25519; t=1750211985; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=rrEQnY5pvhnHiJ8mQyaKtO2MJ56b3HF3rTDqVMgIYb8=; b=0V8efqg7N0aBWg/07b9kmJ6nEv9XaJFe4HFHmPJAglTI9Iy5Y0Xm1m5lguSIyfv5hl299+ hm3AJXtoQ0kBiyCg== Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:59:43 +0300 From: Barry Davidson Message-ID: <20250618045943.6b21675f@gentoo> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.17.147; envelope-from=m4@danwin1210.de; helo=danwin1210.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) Hello! I manually added in init.el, custom-set-variables: `(backup-directory-alist '(,(cons ".*" (concat user-emacs-directory "bkup/")))) It worked well until I added some settings through Custom. I added this through Customize interface, Custom wrote: '(speedbar-highlight-face ((t (:background "yellow"))))) and Custom went and rewrote both custom-set-faces and custom-set-variables and my manually added text was replaced by: '(backup-directory-alist '((".*" . "~/.emacs.d/bkup/"))) Is it a bug or intended feature? There is some ambiguous information on the web about init.el, therefore the question I have is: If my init file is byte-compiled, do I need to use (eval '(setq ... instead of (setq ... ? Thanks!