[1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 0000124]: tilde expansion and double slash file names

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A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=124 
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Reported By:                eblake
Assigned To:                ajosey
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Project:                    1003.1(2008)/Issue 7
Issue ID:                   124
Category:                   Shell and Utilities
Type:                       Omission
Severity:                   Objection
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     Under Review
Name:                       Eric Blake 
Organization:                
User Reference:             ebb.tilde 
Section:                    Tilde Expansion 
Page Number:                2305 
Line Number:                72682 
Interp Status:              --- 
Final Accepted Text:         
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Date Submitted:             2009-07-15 04:10 UTC
Last Modified:              2009-08-20 15:59 UTC
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Summary:                    tilde expansion and double slash file names
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 (0000199) ajosey (manager) - 2009-08-20 15:59
 http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=124#c199 
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On 124 we noted that introducing a change here would likely cause breakage
for someone.

Making the change proposed could break existing scripts written to
conform
to the standard. We would like a better understanding of the
extent of the problem on a cygwin system.

We are leaning towards adding a note to RATIONALE,

Add to XRAT p3655 124299

System administrators on systems where // has an implementation
defined meaning which is different to /, should
not create users with a home directory of / or //, since this may lead
to unexpected filename resolution on those systems. 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         New Issue                                    
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Status                   New => Under Review 
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Assigned To               => ajosey          
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Name                      => Eric Blake      
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         User Reference            => ebb.tilde       
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Section                   => Tilde Expansion 
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Page Number               => 2305            
2009-07-15 04:10 eblake         Line Number               => 72682           
2009-08-20 15:59 ajosey         Note Added: 0000199                          
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