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29.1; Inconsistent behavior of quoted file name "/:~" across platforms

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 65685 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65685: 29.1; Inconsistent behavior of quoted file name "/:~" across platforms
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:48:16 +0200

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Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> The only difference I could think of is that the directory Emacs uses
>> here has whitespace in its name (see my original report), whereas on
>> Windows 10 it probably doesn't.
>
> FTR, if I use a directory with spaces in its name, it fails for me as
> well. I'm now debugging ...

It looks, like it is a problem in the test case code
itself. abbreviate-file-name does not work as I expect in this
combination.

Well, since it isn't needed for the test, the appended patch has fixed
it for me. Would you like to check?

Best regards, Michael.

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