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One more thing: I have just noticed that the problem does not occur when
the symbolic link begins with ..

So, for example:

        $ cd /tmp
        $ rm -f xx
        $ ln -s /home xx

If I now try to use emacs to read /localhost:/tmp/xx, it fails.

        $ rm xx
        $ ln -s ../home xx

Now it succeeds, with or without the patch.

-- 
Andrew Koenig, ark@research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark