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   * pathnames1.12
   * Bug fix: "maintainer script(s) do not start on #!", thanks to
     treinen@debian.org</a>; (Closes: #843303).
Author: Camm Maguire <camm@debian.org>
Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/843303

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--- gcl-2.6.12.orig/lsp/gcl_iolib.lsp
+++ gcl-2.6.12/lsp/gcl_iolib.lsp
@@ -457,11 +457,10 @@
 		      if-exists iesp if-does-not-exist idnesp external-format)))
     (when (typep s 'stream) (c-set-stream-object1 s pf) s)))
 
-(defun load-pathname-exists (z &aux (z (link-expand (namestring z))))
-  (cond ((eq (stat z) :file) z)
-	(*allow-gzipped-file*
-	 (when (eq (stat (string-concatenate (namestring z) ".gz")) :file)
-	  z))))
+(defun load-pathname-exists (z)
+  (or (probe-file z)
+      (when *allow-gzipped-file*
+	(probe-file (string-concatenate (namestring z) ".gz")))))
 
 (defun load-pathname (p print if-does-not-exist external-format
 			&aux (pp (merge-pathnames p))
--- gcl-2.6.12.orig/lsp/gcl_listlib.lsp
+++ gcl-2.6.12/lsp/gcl_listlib.lsp
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
 
 (defun smallnthcdr (n x)
   (declare (fixnum n))
-  (cond ((atom x) (when x (tp-error x proper-list)))
-	((= n 0) x)
+  (cond ((= n 0) x)
+	((atom x) (when x (tp-error x proper-list)))
 	((smallnthcdr (1- n) (cdr x)))))
 
 (defun bignthcdr (n i s f) 
--- gcl-2.6.12.orig/lsp/gcl_truename.lsp
+++ gcl-2.6.12/lsp/gcl_truename.lsp
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
   (check-type pd pathname-designator)
   (when (wild-pathname-p pn)
     (error 'file-error :pathname pn :format-control "Pathname is wild"))
-  (when (eq (stat (namestring pn)) :file)
+  (when (eq (stat (link-expand (namestring pn))) :file)
     (truename pn)))