Subject: bug#9304: report-emacs-bug fails: /Mail write-protected.

From: Stefan Klinger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:52:48 +0200

Reproduce: Start with a write-protected ~/Mail, run ‘emacs -Q’, type ‘M-x report-emacs-bug’. This fails with the message “make-directory: Creating directory: permission denied, /home/foo/Mail/drafts”. No further information is provided.

Directory ${HOME}/Mail is write protected intentionally. IMHO bug reports should be created in a somewhat temporary location.

‘emacs-version’ reports

  GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2011-04-10 on brahms, modified by Debian

Kind regards,
Stefan

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