From 93572b43173a1e844592bb6f8082a9265234a744 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 1995 22:16:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (main): Start with an empty message log.

---
 src/emacs.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index 8a14218424b..56bad7f1206 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -906,6 +906,16 @@ Usage: %s [-t term] [--terminal term]  [-nw] [--no-windows]  [--batch]\n\
 #endif /* CANNOT_DUMP */
     }
 
+  if (initialized)
+    {
+      /* Erase any pre-dump messages in the message log, to avoid confusion */
+      Lisp_Object old_log_max;
+      old_log_max = Vmessage_log_max;
+      XSETFASTINT (Vmessage_log_max, 0);
+      message_dolog ("", 0, 1);
+      Vmessage_log_max = old_log_max;
+    }
+
   initialized = 1;
 
 #if defined (sun) || defined (LOCALTIME_CACHE)
-- 
2.39.5