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27.0.50; expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative

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Message #28 received at 33255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: rgm <at> gnu.org, immerrr <at> gmail.com, npostavs <at> gmail.com, 33255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33255: 27.0.50;
 expand-file-name: default directory expanded twice if relative
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:52:23 +0200

> From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:17:59 -0800
> Cc: 33255 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, immerrr again <immerrr <at> gmail.com>,
> 	Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> > 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.

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