skip loading 00debian.el when it's not readable

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/startup.el b/lisp/startup.el
index 2928e815124..c54ab89b337 100644
--- a/lisp/startup.el
+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -1375,7 +1375,11 @@ please check its value")
     ;; should check init-file-user instead, since that is already set.
     ;; See cus-edit.el for an example.
     (when site-run-file
-        (load "/etc/emacs/site-start.d/00debian.el")
+        (let ((file "/etc/emacs/site-start.d/00debian.el"))
+          ;; When the Emacs build invokes Emacs, such as in the
+          ;; Makefile rule for ${unidir}/emoji-labels.el, 00debian.el
+          ;; might not exist.  Should be fine to just skip the load.
+          (when (file-readable-p file) (load file)))
         ;; Sites should not disable the startup screen.
         ;; Only individuals should disable the startup screen.
         (let ((inhibit-startup-screen inhibit-startup-screen))