[issue5471] os.path.expanduser('~') doesnt works correctly when HOME is '/'

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[issue5471] os.path.expanduser('~') doesnt works correctly when HOME is '/'

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[issue5471] os.path.expanduser('~') doesnt works correctly when HOME is '/'

Guilherme Polo added the comment: Patch with a test attached. -- keywords: +patch message_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 nosy: +gpolo nosy_count: 1.0 -> 2.0 versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.0, Python 3.1 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file13297/issue_5471.diff ___

[issue5471] os.path.expanduser('~') doesnt works correctly when HOME is '/'

New submission from pancake : When the HOME path is just '/' python says that the home path is "" (zero length string) I was able to reproduce this issue in 2.5.2 and 2.6 (no idea about 3.0) Here's an example: $ HOME=/ python -c 'import os;print os.path.expanduser("~")' $ HOME=/tmp python -c