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From: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: any way to completely disable Emacs eln-cache
Date: 3 Jul 2024 03:42:52 GMT
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On 2024-07-02, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
> On 2024-07-02 06:19, Robert Riches wrote:
>> Is there any practical way to completely disable Emacs' eln-cache
>> while using Devuan Daedalus binary packages, versions in the
>> 1.28.2 neighborhood?  Even better would be to entirely disable
>> native compilation.
>> 
>> The cached files cause noise in Tripwire output and make messes
>> in directories Emacs should not be leaving messes in.  Recently,
>> I saw .el files being left in /tmp.
>
> emacs has all the right to leave any file it wishes in /tmp.

Not on _MY_ machine, it doesn't.  Long-standing tradition says it
is a bug for a program to fail to clean up after itself in /tmp.

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Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)