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Feature #12695

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File.expand_path should resolve ~/ using /etc/passwd when HOME is not set

Added by fursten (Mårten Svantesson) over 7 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

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[ruby-core:77019]

Description

I would expect a call like File.expand_path('~/.ssh/known_hosts') to work even though HOME is not set.

A reason this is important to fix is that libraries (in my use case Net::SSH) do calls like File.expand_path('~/.ssh/known_hosts'), but this will often fail when the code is run in a unix service, since HOME often isn't set then.
I considered reporting this as a bug, but the current behaviour is actually documented.


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Related to Ruby master - Bug #16787: [patch] allow Dir.home to work for non-login procs when $HOME not setClosedActions
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