[Emacs-diffs] master b1d7f19: Mention unsetting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in doc.

[Paul Eggert]

branch: master
commit b1d7f19ae785ce7fa609bc57432d01cc23a3d49a
Author: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Commit: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>

    Mention unsetting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR in doc.
---
 doc/misc/efaq.texi | 5 ++++-
 etc/NEWS           | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/misc/efaq.texi b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
index d457267..1977045 100644
--- a/doc/misc/efaq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/efaq.texi
@@ -2009,7 +2009,10 @@ When this is done, Emacs by default creates a Unix 
domain socket named
 @file{server} in a well-known directory, typically
 @file{$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/emacs} if Emacs is running under an X Window System
 desktop and @file{$TMPDIR/address@hidden otherwise.  See the variable
address@hidden
address@hidden  Traditionally, Emacs used
address@hidden/address@hidden even when running under an X desktop;
+if you prefer this traditional (and less-secure) behavior, unset
address@hidden before invoking Emacs and @samp{emacsclient}.
 
 To get your news reader, mail reader, etc., to invoke
 @samp{emacsclient}, try setting the environment variable @code{EDITOR}
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 60cba9e..e7f2d60 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ to apply.
 as the directory for client/server sockets, if Emacs is running
 under an X Window System desktop that sets the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 environment variable to indicate where session sockets should go.
+To get the old and less-secure behavior, unset XDG_RUNTIME_DIR before
+invoking emacs and emacsclient.
 
 ---
 *** When run by root, emacsclient no longer connects to non-root sockets.