I'm a user/admin for a Rocky 9.2 platform, and I just reported a bug for that: https://bugs.rockylinux.org/view.php?id=9505

It was suggested that I also report the bug upstream to Redhat, so I'm trying my best. I've never done either of these before. 

What is expected:

$ emacs -Q --batch --eval '(progn (require '\''dired) (dired "~"))'; echo $?
0

What is the current behavior:

$ emacs -Q --batch --eval '(progn (require '\''dired) (dired "~"))'; echo $?
Symbol’s value as variable is void: enable-dir-local-variables
255