+\f
+;;; we failed to unparse logical pathnames with :NAME :WILD :TYPE NIL.
+;;; (Reported by Pascal Bourguignon.
+(let ((pathname (make-pathname :host "SYS" :directory '(:absolute :wild-inferiors)
+ :name :wild :type nil)))
+ (assert (string= (namestring pathname) "SYS:**;*"))
+ (assert (string= (write-to-string pathname :readably t) "#P\"SYS:**;*\"")))
+\f
+;;; reported by James Y Knight on sbcl-devel 2006-05-17
+(let ((p1 (make-pathname :directory '(:relative "bar")))
+ (p2 (make-pathname :directory '(:relative :back "foo"))))
+ (assert (equal (merge-pathnames p1 p2)
+ (make-pathname :directory '(:relative :back "foo" "bar")))))