Comment 6 for bug 452174

revision 9052 might have introduced a small regression:

steps to reproduce
1) launch Inkscape with default preferences, with the pencil tool:
2) draw a straight line (click A, click B)
3) draw another straight line (click C, click D)
3) draw a freehand curve (click E, drag to F)

expected result:
straight lines A-B and C-D
curve E-F

actual result:
straight lines A-B and C-D
curve A-E-F

reproduced with 0.47+devel r9066, r9061, r9058, r9052
not reproduced with 0.47 r22584, 0.47+devel r9029, r9047