Variable: package-review-directory

package-review-directory is a customizable variable defined in package.el.gz.

Value

"/tmp/"

Documentation

Directory to unpack packages for review.

The value of this user option is used to rebind the variable temporary-file-directory(var)/temporary-file-directory(fun). The directory doesn't have to exist; if it doesn't, Emacs will create the directory for you. You can therefore set the option to

  (setopt package-review-directory
         (expand-file-name "emacs" (xdg-cache-home)))

if you wish to have Emacs unpack the packages in your home directory, in case you are concerned about moving files between file systems.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 31.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el.gz
(defcustom package-review-directory temporary-file-directory
  "Directory to unpack packages for review.
The value of this user option is used to rebind the variable
`temporary-file-directory'.  The directory doesn't have to exist; if
it doesn't, Emacs will create the directory for you.  You can
therefore set the option to

  (setopt package-review-directory
         (expand-file-name \"emacs\" (xdg-cache-home)))

if you wish to have Emacs unpack the packages in your home directory, in
case you are concerned about moving files between file systems."
  :type 'directory
  :version "31.1")