See https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19657#20 for the
technique used here.
* test/lisp/progmodes/flymake-tests.el (ruby-backend):
Let-bind abbreviated-home-dir.
;; Some versions of ruby fail if HOME doesn't exist (bug#29187).
(let* ((tempdir (make-temp-file "flymake-tests-ruby" t))
(process-environment (cons (format "HOME=%s" tempdir)
- process-environment)))
+ process-environment))
+ ;; And see https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19657#20
+ ;; for this particular yuckiness
+ (abbreviated-home-dir nil))
(unwind-protect
(flymake-tests--with-flymake ("test.rb")
(flymake-goto-next-error)