diff -Naur octave-2.1.73/test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-1.m octave-2.1.73-new/test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-1.m
--- octave-2.1.73/test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-1.m	1997-02-25 23:29:27.000000000 -0500
+++ octave-2.1.73-new/test/octave.test/system/tilde_expand-1.m	2006-11-03 10:09:37.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 x = getpwuid (getuid ());
-(strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand ("~"))
- && strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand (sprintf ("~%s", x.name)))
+( strcmp (x.dir, tilde_expand (sprintf ("~%s", x.name)))
  && strcmp ("foobar", tilde_expand ("foobar")))