From 8c1adc82f8ab17bd26612428984c4c9c135a8550 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jameson Nash <vtjnash@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:52:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix homedir error handling for 1020+ character usernames

or 250 characters for a certain broken OS
---
 base/path.jl |  2 +-
 test/path.jl | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/path.jl b/base/path.jl
index 28ac0b520e85d..940ae4cd2d6e0 100644
--- a/base/path.jl
+++ b/base/path.jl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function homedir()
         if rc == 0
             resize!(buf, sz[])
             return String(buf)
-        elseif rc == UV_ENOBUFS
+        elseif rc == Base.UV_ENOBUFS
             resize!(buf, sz[] - 1)
         else
             error("unable to retrieve home directory")
diff --git a/test/path.jl b/test/path.jl
index a2444e7810681..e02176c33945f 100644
--- a/test/path.jl
+++ b/test/path.jl
@@ -197,3 +197,15 @@ test_relpath()
 # Test type stability
 @test isa(joinpath("a", "b"), String)
 @test isa(joinpath(abspath("a"), "b"), String)
+
+# homedir
+let var = is_windows() ? "USERPROFILE" : "HOME",
+    MAX_PATH = is_windows() ? 240 : 1020
+    for i = 0:9
+        local home = " "^MAX_PATH * "123456789"[1:i]
+        @test withenv(var => home) do
+            homedir()
+        end == home
+    end
+    @test isabspath(withenv(homedir, var => nothing))
+end