No longer set dired-directory in eshell. (Bug#16477)

* lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el (eshell-mode):
* lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el (eshell/cd): No longer set dired-directory.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el b/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
index 84d46dcfeeb..e9458ccd85f 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/em-dirs.el
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ in the minibuffer:
                   index (1+ index)))))
     oldpath))
 
-(defvar dired-directory)
-
 (defun eshell/cd (&rest args)           ; all but first ignored
   "Alias to extend the behavior of `cd'."
   (setq args (eshell-flatten-list args))
@@ -394,11 +392,11 @@ in the minibuffer:
      (path
       (setq path (eshell-expand-multiple-dots path))))
     (unless handled
-      (setq dired-directory (or path "~"))
-      (let ((curdir (eshell/pwd)))
-        (unless (equal curdir dired-directory)
+      (let ((curdir (eshell/pwd))
+            (newdir (or path "~")))
+        (unless (equal curdir newdir)
           (eshell-add-to-dir-ring curdir))
-        (let ((result (cd dired-directory)))
+        (let ((result (cd newdir)))
           (and eshell-cd-shows-directory
                (eshell-printn result)))
         (run-hooks 'eshell-directory-change-hook)
diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el
index 0dac4780690..22ccf4e91f9 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ and the hook `eshell-exit-hook'."
 
   (setq local-abbrev-table eshell-mode-abbrev-table)
 
-  (set (make-local-variable 'dired-directory) default-directory)
   (set (make-local-variable 'list-buffers-directory)
        (expand-file-name default-directory))