Dir.home should always use the user database, not the HOME variable

MaxLap · Nov 14, 2018 · 0182f0b · 0182f0b
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diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/dir/home_spec.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   end
 
   platform_is_not :windows do
-    it "returns the named user's home directory as a string if called with an argument" do
-      Dir.home(ENV['USER']).should == ENV['HOME']
+    it "returns the named user's home directory, from the user database, as a string if called with an argument" do
+      Dir.home(ENV['USER']).should == `echo ~#{ENV['USER']}`.chomp
     end
   end
 

diff --git a/spec/tags/core/dir/home_tags.txt b/spec/tags/core/dir/home_tags.txt
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+slow:Dir.home returns the named user's home directory, from the user database, as a string if called with an argument
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		slow:Dir.home returns the named user's home directory, from the user database, as a string if called with an argument