(Fexpand_file_name): Undo last change--too risky for now.

diff --git a/src/fileio.c b/src/fileio.c
index 6c74dcc..563726d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/fileio.c
+++ b/src/fileio.c
@@ -847,7 +847,10 @@ See also the function `substitute-in-file-name'.")
     {
       /* Get rid of any slash at the end of newdir.  */
       int length = strlen (newdir);
-      if (length > 1 && newdir[length - 1] == '/')
+      /* Adding `length > 1 &&' makes ~ expand into / when homedir
+        is the root dir.  People disagree about whether that is right.
+        Anyway, we can't take the risk of this change now.  */
+      if (newdir[length - 1] == '/')
        {
          unsigned char *temp = (unsigned char *) alloca (length);
          bcopy (newdir, temp, length - 1);