diff --git a/HSH.cabal b/HSH.cabal
--- a/HSH.cabal
+++ b/HSH.cabal
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Name: HSH
-Version: 2.1.1
+Version: 2.1.2
 License: LGPL
 Maintainer: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
 Author: John Goerzen
 Stability: Beta
-Copyright: Copyright (c) 2006-2009 John Goerzen
+Copyright: Copyright (c) 2006-2014 John Goerzen
 Category: system
 license-file: COPYRIGHT
 extra-source-files: COPYING
diff --git a/HSH/Command.hs b/HSH/Command.hs
--- a/HSH/Command.hs
+++ b/HSH/Command.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 import System.IO
 import System.Exit
 import System.Log.Logger
-import System.IO.Error hiding (catch)
+import System.IO.Error (isUserError, ioeGetErrorString)
 import Data.Maybe.Utils
 import Data.Maybe
 import Data.List.Utils(uniq)
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 {- | Handle an exception derived from a program exiting abnormally -}
 tryEC :: IO a -> IO (Either ExitCode a)
 tryEC action =
-    do r <- try action
+    do r <-  Control.Exception.try action
        case r of
          Left ioe ->
           if isUserError ioe then
diff --git a/HSH/ShellEquivs.hs b/HSH/ShellEquivs.hs
--- a/HSH/ShellEquivs.hs
+++ b/HSH/ShellEquivs.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 {- Shell Equivalents
 Copyright (C) 2004-2009 John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>
 Please see the COPYRIGHT file
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
 import Text.Printf (printf)
 import Control.Monad (foldM)
 import System.Directory hiding (createDirectory)
-import Control.Exception(evaluate, catch, try, SomeException(..))
+import qualified Control.Exception as E 
 -- import System.FilePath (splitPath)
 
 #ifdef __HSH_POSIX__
@@ -111,7 +112,12 @@
 import HSH.Command(setenv, unsetenv)
 
 {- | Return the absolute path of the arg.  Raises an error if the
-computation is impossible. -}
+computation is impossible. This is a thin wrapper around
+System.Path.absNormPath.  Unix/Linux users note:
+System.Path.absNormPath is known to produce odd results when
+a tilde expansion is requested; you might prefer 'glob' to this
+function if you know your input is free of wildcards. See
+https://github.com/jgoerzen/hsh/issues/7 for details. -}
 abspath :: FilePath -> IO FilePath
 abspath inp =
     do p <- pwd
@@ -252,7 +258,7 @@
 discard :: Channel -> IO Channel
 discard inh =
     do c <- chanAsBSL inh
-       evaluate (BSL.length c)
+       E.evaluate (BSL.length c)
        return (ChanString "")
 
 {- | Split a list by a given character and select ranges of the resultant lists.
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@
 Non-tilde expansion is done by the MissingH module System.Path.Glob. -}
 glob :: FilePath -> IO [FilePath]
 glob inp@('~':remainder) =
-    catch expanduser (\(e::SomeException) -> Glob.glob rest)
+    E.catch expanduser (\(e::E.SomeException) -> Glob.glob rest)
     where (username, rest) = span (/= '/') remainder
 #ifdef __HSH_POSIX__
           expanduser =