bug#36502: Fwd: bug#36502: 27.0.50; infinite loop in file-name-case-insensitive-p

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: "rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>, "dan@dpsutton.com" <dan@dpsutton.com>,
>  "36502@debbugs.gnu.org" <36502@debbugs.gnu.org>,
>  "npostavs@gmail.com" <npostavs@gmail.com>,
>  "monnier@iro.umontreal.ca" <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
>  "schwab@suse.de" <schwab@suse.de>
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 19:32:30 -0700
> 
> My impression from looking at uses of file-name-absolute-p 
> is that changing it to return nil here would improve correctness of the 
> callers, 
> though there would be a performance cost for this case of course.

I agree.

So Ken, please push your changes, and I would appreciate if you could
also make the change in file-name-absolute-p (as a separate change),
if you have time.

Thanks.