On 2018-08-24 18:04:29 -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Blaming emacs for a problem with su which is documented by the su man
> page, though, is simply not reasonable. If you're going to insist on
> using su instead of sudo, then it's your job to vet all your
> environment variables to make sure you don't get this sort of
> well-documented side effect. Which can affect all sorts of
> programs--not just emacs.
And you're suggesting sudo while there will be the same issue. From
its man page:
-e, --edit Edit one or more files instead of running a command.
[...]
which is precisely what one would use if one just wants to edit a file.
[...]
If the specified file does not exist, it will be
created. Note that unlike most commands run by
sudo, the editor is run with the invoking user's
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
environment unmodified. [...]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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