From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33255: 27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:26:32 +0200 Message-ID: <83d0qzim8n.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0c2e43c3-82ec-5783-391d-e79549c5c1db@cs.ucla.edu> <83va4z77yg.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542742383 2663 195.159.176.226 (20 Nov 2018 19:33:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:33:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, immerrr@gmail.com, npostavs@gmail.com To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 20 20:32:58 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBlZ-0000Xx-Ny for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:32:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35550 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBng-0006vl-8s for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34543) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBme-00062b-Jb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfq-0002jM-AE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:27:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33139) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfq-0002jG-71 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:27:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfq-0004Bj-2J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:27:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:27:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33255 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 33255-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33255.154274201216079 (code B ref 33255); Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:27:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Nov 2018 19:26:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37397 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfg-0004BG-9f for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:26:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:49616) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfe-0004B1-1F for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:26:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfY-0002aq-97 for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:26:44 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:58224) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfE-0002MU-Cy; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:26:24 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1645 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gPBfD-0005uU-Pi; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:26:24 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:11:00 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:152584 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > Cc: Paul Eggert , 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr@gmail.com, npostavs@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:11:00 -0500 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > I agree that we should discourage relative $HOME, so I added text to > > the documentation to that effect. > > I really think it would be better not to mention it at all. Sorry, I disagree. We should not hide from the users what Emacs does in such corner cases. Hiding won't work anyway, because someone determined enough will find out by reading the code. We just punish those who aren't determined enough.