bug#48476: Bug#988581: emacs-gtk: Emacs hangs with 100% cpu if started within a current directory that has a name ending with ".tar"

[Rob Browning]

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Recently reported, and I can reproduce it locally with -Q (and with the
lucid flavor) too.

Thomas Lundqvist <tlundqvist@acm.org> writes:

> Package: emacs-gtk
> Version: 1:27.1+1-3.1
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> My emacs get stuck with 100% cpu when started from a directory ending with
> ".tar".
>
> For example, the following commands trigger the error:
> - mkdir test.tar
> - cd test.tar
> - emacs


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