Bug #14638: [win32] File.expand_path("~") treats a relative path with a drive letter as an absolute path

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -
• Backport: 2.3: REQUIRED, 2.4: DONE, 2.5: DONE

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

ENV["HOME"]="c:t"
p File.expand_path("~")==Dir.pwd+"/t"

prints true since 1.9.3, but it should raise an exception

$ ./1.8.7/i386-mswin32_120/miniruby -v -e 'ENV["HOME"]="c:t"; p File.expand_path("~")'
ruby 1.8.7 (2014-01-28 patchlevel 376) [i386-mswin32_120]
-e:1:in `expand_path': non-absolute home (ArgumentError)
    from -e:1

[nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

[usa (Usaku NAKAMURA)]

• Backport changed from 2.3: REQUIRED, 2.4: REQUIRED, 2.5: REQUIRED to 2.3: REQUIRED, 2.4: DONE, 2.5: REQUIRED

ruby_2_4 r63806 merged revision(s) 62952.

[nagachika (Tomoyuki Chikanaga)]

• Backport changed from 2.3: REQUIRED, 2.4: DONE, 2.5: REQUIRED to 2.3: REQUIRED, 2.4: DONE, 2.5: DONE

ruby_2_5 r64421 merged revision(s) 62952.