2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 75958169951..49b37a843b6 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-03-17  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+        * xfaces.c (Fx_load_color_file):
+        Read color file from absolute filename (bug#8250).
+
 2011-03-11  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
         Backport revno:103582 from trunk.
diff --git a/src/xfaces.c b/src/xfaces.c
index e9e677d1b19..9956ef55842 100644
--- a/src/xfaces.c
+++ b/src/xfaces.c
@@ -6625,7 +6625,7 @@ where R,G,B are numbers between 0 and 255 and name is an arbitrary string.  */)
   CHECK_STRING (filename);
   abspath = Fexpand_file_name (filename, Qnil);
 
-  fp = fopen (SDATA (filename), "rt");
+  fp = fopen (SDATA (abspath), "rt");
   if (fp)
     {
       char buf[512];