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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: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 79124 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#79124: emacs -Q doesn't give me a clean slate
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 06:50:55 -0700

On 2025-08-06 04:16, Manuel Giraud wrote:

> Which directory does libgccjit create?

/tmp/libgccjit-6kC11F in one test run. (Which belies the misguided 
notion that Emacs must do this stuff in its home directory.)

> Yes of course.  The second part of my idea is that maybe -Q could be a
> shortcut for "-q --no-site-file --no-splash
> --init-directory=$TMPDIR_SOMEWHERE_THAT_WOULD_BE_DELETED_WHEN_QUITTING"

Eli already rejected a solution along those lines, unfortunately.

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