Default emacs configs fail to load

Opensuse adds a ton of customizations to emacs which come from "/etc/skel/.gnu-emacs". Recently, the config fails with the following error:

Symbol's value as variable is void: x-pointer-left-ptr

Apparently, this problem has been lingering for months: Error running emacs - #2 by seeking

Is this a known bug?

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=emacs

Given that the linked patch is from April this year, I am pretty sure there is no bug reported.

Reported: 1233795 – /etc/skel/.gnu-emacs fails to load: Symbol's value as variable is void: x-pointer-left-ptr

Now we wait

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