bug#18174: 24.4.50; user-uid no longer set

[Glenn Morris]

Please keep the debbugs address cc'd.

Han Boetes wrote:

> You tell me, your the expert. This line in my config used to work and all
> of the sudden it doesn't work anymore.
>
> (defconst emacs-tmp-dir
>    (format "%s%s%s/" temporary-file-directory "emacs" user-uid))

I can't find any Emacs version where

emacs -Q

reports `C-h v user-uid' as a defined variable.

If you can, please tell me.