Fixed with 02fdcf9 , tests needed
> On 04 Aug 2016, at 16:19, Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev (via RT)
> <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote:
>
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>
> Code:
> dd ‘-a’.IO.absolute
>
> Output:
> ""
>
> Obviously, that's not how it should work. Files with leading dashes are
> totally
> OK and this should not happen.
>
> From https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/nom/src/core/IO/Path.pm#L51 :
>
> method abspath() {
> $!abspath //= $!path.starts-with('-')
> ?? ''
> !! $!SPEC.rel2abs($!path,$!CWD);
> }
>
> Perhaps it is there for a reason, but definitely not for a good one.
>
> The commit that introduced it seems to be 5870906 (it has been like this since
> 2014)
>
> If somebody has stumbled upon this, then the temporary workaround might be to
> prepend ‘./’ to your paths.
>
> IRC log: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-08-04#i_12967414
