GNU bug report logs - #7617
24.0.50; `expand-file-name': removal of slashes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Eli Zaretskii' <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#7617: 24.0.50; `expand-file-name': removal of slashes
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:40:15 +0100

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> IOW, the question here is about the purpose of `expand*'.

Returning a canonicalized file name, as documented.

> The behavior changed from Emacs 20 to 21, with apparently no record of
> why.

It's an obvious bug fix.

Andreas.

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