From: nobu@... Date: 2016-09-08T07:43:33+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:77218] [Ruby trunk Feature#12695] File.expand_path should resolve ~/ using /etc/passwd when HOME is not set Issue #12695 has been updated by Nobuyoshi Nakada. https://github.com/ruby/ruby/compare/trunk...nobu:feature/12695-homedir ---------------------------------------- Feature #12695: File.expand_path should resolve ~/ using /etc/passwd when HOME is not set https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12695#change-60444 * Author: M��rten Svantesson * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- 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. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: