"FIle not found" error not issued

Hello,

The problem is that if you load a non-existing node, drupal silently renders the home page rather than issuing a "file not found" page.

The problem is in node.module, line 1174:

if (arg(0) == 'node' && is_numeric(arg(1))) {
$node = node_load(arg(1));
if ($node->nid) {

[...]

}
}

All it needs, is this at the end of the if:

} else {
drupal_not_found();
}
}

...why isn't this there in the first place? If a node isn't there... well, it isn't there, and a 404 should be returned.

Thanks,

Merc.