bug#18851: 24.4; emacs cannot be started if the current directory has been removed

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:05:00 +0100
> From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
> Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 18851@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > The directory is not physically removed until the last process that
> > has an open file descriptor for it closes that descriptor.
> 
> OK, but if the only reference is the current working directory,
> it isn't usable at all.

It is usable for a limited set of operations, as was mentioned in
previous messages.

> Nevertheless, Emacs won't quit because of that.

Right.