Re: compile-file-pathname

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <150...@ho...>
> * On the subject of "Re: compile-file-pathname"
> * Sent on Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:11:26 +0100 (CET)
> * Honorable Bruno Haible <ha...@il...> writes:
>
> Can you give a case where your change made a difference?

old/broken, as originally reported:
(compile-file-pathname "foo/bar.lisp" :output-file "foo/zot.fas")
==> #p"/top/next/dir/again/foo/foo/zot.fas" - an existing truename

with my fix:
==> #p"foo/zot.fas"

This behavior was independent of the value of `*merge-pathnames-ansi*',
I did specifically check that (in my previous message I said something
to the contrary - sorry),

You might not like my fix, but it did fix the original bug, as reported.

> I tried it on the 6 tests in my last mail, and with or without your
> change, it gave the results I've marked as "OLD behaviour".

that's because all your lisp files were nonexistent.

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