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From: | Noam Postavsky |
Subject: | bug#32413: 25.2; When run as root, emacs writes dconf files in a non-root user's /run/user/XXX directory |
Date: | Sun, 12 Aug 2018 13:31:08 -0400 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
tags 32413 notabug close 32413 quit >> The specific example of dconf etc is not a bug, it's how these things >> work. If you don't like it, use the configure option to disable that >> feature (most programs won't give you that option). I think the general >> principle of "Emacs should never create files/directories if the user >> hasn't explicitly asked it to do that" is a non-starter. >> So this report should be closed wontfix IMO. > > I'm using Debian's package. So, you are saying that Debian should > use this option? You should either stop using Debian's package (since you don't like the options they choose), or see if you can convince them to use that option. I think it's clear enough that ./configure --without-gsettings is as much of a fix as there's ever going to be, so I'm closing this bug.
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