dired not loading directory if in buffer with file from that directory

[Klaus Straubinger]

In GNU Emacs 21.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2001-11-06 on stripples.devel.redhat.com
configured using `configure  i386-redhat-linux --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr 
--bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share 
--includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec 
--localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gcc --with-pop --with-sound'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: de_DE.ISO8859-1
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

    Attempting to load a directory with "find-file" does nothing
    if performed in a buffer containing a file from that directory.

    It works as expected if the trailing slash is removed from the
    suggested directory name. Another possibility to get it working
    is the replacement of the path by an equivalent one, e.g.,
    using "/home/username/" instead of "~/".

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<menu-bar> <help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

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