* makepath.c (make_path): chdir to "//", not "/", if the file name

starts with exactly two slashes.

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+2005-05-05  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * makepath.c (make_path): chdir to "//", not "/", if the file name
+       starts with exactly two slashes.  This doesn't solve the problem
+       in general but it's better than nothing.  Problem reported by
+       Pierre A. Humblet via Eric Blake.
+
 2005-05-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * modechange.h (mode_free): Remove; all callers changed to invoke