[hatari-devel] Regression in Hatari 2.6.1 - Disabling GEMDOS drive fails

[Christian Zietz <czietz@xxxxxxx>]

Hello,

sadly, I have to report a regression in Hatari 2.6.1. The manual states 
about the -d / --harddrive option: "If <dir> is an empty string, then 
harddrive's emulation is disabled". This worked well until and including 
Hatari 2.6.0. In Hatari 2.6.1, however:

hatari-2.6.1_windows64\hatari.exe -d ""

Hatari v2.6.1 - the Atari ST, STE, TT and Falcon emulator.

Hatari is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License.

Usage:
 hatari [options] [disk image name]

Try option "-h" or "--help" to display more information.

Error while parsing argument "" for option "--harddrive":
  Given directory doesn't exist or permissions prevent access to it!

Option usage:
  --harddrive <dir> Emulate harddrive partition(s) with <dir> contents
    or -d <dir>
<press Enter to exit>


This happens on Windows and on Linux. I'm afraid I don't have time to 
investigate. However, this is a major regression (imho) that needs to be 
looked into.

Regards
Christian