From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33255: 27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:10:44 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542219007 12703 195.159.176.226 (14 Nov 2018 18:10:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:10:07 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) Cc: 33255@debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr again , Noam Postavsky To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 14 19:10:02 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 1gMzbz-00037O-Rh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:09:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33645 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMze5-0004xk-V2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:12:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48547) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMze0-0004xf-T6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:12:05 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzdy-0002Ec-W2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:12:04 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:48239) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzdy-0002CS-GP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:12:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzdy-0006sN-AY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:12:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:12:02 +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=B33255.154221906326355 (code B ref 33255); Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:12:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33255) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Nov 2018 18:11:03 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52497 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzd1-0006r1-4l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:11:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38700) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzcz-0006qW-OE for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:11:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzct-0000gJ-Jc for 33255@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:10:56 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42949) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzcm-0000Gm-3k; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:10:48 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gMzcj-0000Qc-0q; Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:10:45 -0500 X-Spook: plutonium Help anarchy Collapse Majic Brown out DDOS X-Ran: /0knMwq#NvK`wq;Rboff]8C-@S7-(coFFohH?SQ;@+1P^M^XK~.hBkTQED8_=3,v%+v}Jj X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:26:43 -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:152391 Archived-At: Paul Eggert wrote: > However, POSIX says that sh treats ~/foo like $HOME/foo even when HOME > is not absolute [...] Can you point me to the citation for that please (I'm not doubting you, just interested to read the wording, which I could not find). 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.