file-name-sans-extension returns an absolute file name when

[Luc Teirlinck]

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Kevin Rodgers wrote:
    
    (file-name-sans-extension "foo/abc.xyz")
    "/home/kevinr/foo/abc"                  ; bug

    (let ((default-directory nil))
       (file-name-sans-extension "foo/abc.xyz"))
    "/foo/abc"                              ; bug

This has been fixed in current CVS.

More precisely, it has been fixed since 2002-07-27:

2002-07-27  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>

            * files.el (file-name-sans-extension): Avoid expanding DIRECTORY.