* lisp/startup.el (normal-top-level): Don't let *Messages* get

a nil default-directory.

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index e614466aa23ba7628475167cfd44a46742f8e3e4..ec222b3a38d493ade26ad0db796cc909049f81b0 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ It is the default value of the variable `top-level'."
         (set (make-local-variable 'window-point-insertion-type) t)
         ;; Give *Messages* the same default-directory as *scratch*,
         ;; just to keep things predictable.
-       (setq default-directory dir)))
+       (setq default-directory (or dir (expand-file-name "~/")))))
     ;; `user-full-name' is now known; reset its standard-value here.
     (put 'user-full-name 'standard-value
         (list (default-value 'user-full-name)))