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emacs -Q doesn't give me a clean slate

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 79124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#79124: emacs -Q doesn't give me a clean slate
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 06:49:45 -0700

On 2025-08-06 05:34, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> The other part of the puzzle is that it is not always
> possible to predict in advance what Lisp files will be automatically
> loaded at startup because they are needed by the startup code, so they
> couldn't all be natively-compiled in advance.

That part of the puzzle does not apply, since -Q means "don't run 
startup code".

> I'm not interested in adding yet another way of
> avoiding native-compilation

But I'm not asking for another way to avoid native compilation. Native 
compilation is fine. Just don't trust what's already in .emacs.d, that's 
all.

> The solution we use in the test suite is to set HOME to a non-existent
> directory, so that's what I can suggest in your case.

That suggestion is inadequate, as it leads to bogus diagnostics and/or 
detritus after the test. However you are unwilling to change your mind 
even to add a simple flag, and you are a maintainer whereas I am not.

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