Ticket #17655: comments-link-fix-by-miqrogroove.patch

wp-includes/comment-template.php

@@ -997 +997 @@
                 echo $home . '/' . $wpcommentspopupfile . '?comments_popup=' . $id;
                 echo '" onclick="wpopen(this.href); return false"';
         } else { // if comments_popup_script() is not in the template, display simple comment link
-                if ( 0 == $number )
-                        echo get_permalink() . '#respond';
-                else
-                        comments_link();
-                echo '"';
+                echo get_comments_link(), '"';
         }
 
         if ( !empty( $css_class ) ) {