GNU bug report logs - #33255
27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: immerrr again <immerrr <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 10:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 27.0.50

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr again <immerrr <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#33255: 27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:58:01 -0500

Noam Postavsky wrote:

> immerrr again <immerrr <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have recently tried to play with a clean .emacs.d directory by setting
>> HOME=clean/home/dir,

I think a non-absolute HOME is a user error.
Eg cd $HOME may then not be idempotent.
I would use $PWD/clean/home/dir.

> I think it would make sense for Emacs to expand HOME against the current
> directory when it starts up, if HOME is relative.  

I would rather see Emacs abort with an error.
Otherwise you have to eg fix up process-environment too, else child
processes may behave oddly.
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