bug#14030: 24.3; expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly

[Vida Gábor]

Hi!

Emacs 24.2 on Windows doesn't expand remote file names:

  (expand-file-name "/ssh:user@host:/")
  "/ssh:user@host:/"

While Emacs 24.3.1 does:

(expand-file-name "/ssh:user@host:/")
"/ssh:user@host:c:/"

And this makes Tramp to fail (it can't find proper ls command, but
that's a side effect).

It's probably affects only the Windows build, because cygwin build of
emacs 24.3.1 doesn't produce the same fault.

I start Emacs from a Cygwin terminal (but not the Cygwin version of
Emacs). Just for your information.

-- 
Best regards,
Gábor

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Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
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C-x b * s c <tab> <return> C-y C-x C-e C-j C-p C-p 
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