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: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:52:23 +0200 Message-ID: <83va4z77yg.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0c2e43c3-82ec-5783-391d-e79549c5c1db@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542225072 12545 195.159.176.226 (14 Nov 2018 19:51:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:51:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: immerrr@gmail.com, npostavs@gmail.com, 33255@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 20:51:07 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 1gN1Bq-00039R-PC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:51:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33924 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1Dx-0001kh-7u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:53:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1Dl-0001j5-PM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1Di-0005rL-Gj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:53:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48326) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1Di-0005rF-De for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1Di-0002w5-BQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:53:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:53:02 +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=B33255.154222517311268 (code B ref 33255); Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:53:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2018 19:52:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52584 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1DZ-0002vg-GK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:52:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37461) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1DX-0002vR-De for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:52:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1DR-0005jx-HU for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45183) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1DJ-0005gn-IZ; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:52:37 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2402 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gN1DB-0001zc-Hd; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:52:35 -0500 In-reply-to: <0c2e43c3-82ec-5783-391d-e79549c5c1db@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:17:59 -0800) 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:152397 Archived-At: > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:17:59 -0800 > Cc: 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr again , > Noam Postavsky > > > I'm a bit disappointed to see that a relative HOME is now documented > > in the Emacs manuals, since IMO it lends legitimacy to a questionable > > usage. I don't see it mentioned in eg the bash manual. > > I also don't see why it is in NEWS since it is described as > > a bug fix, and those aren't normally mentioned. > > My initial reaction was the same as yours, which is why my original fix > didn't document the change in the manual or in NEWS. Eli felt otherwise, > though. I agree that we should discourage relative $HOME, so I added text to the documentation to that effect.