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Re: strip out ".." from gcc search paths

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 20:39:07 +0930
Subject: Re: strip out ".." from gcc search paths
References: <20020717023117.GS30362@bubble.sa.bigpond.net.au> <wvl3cu5laac.fsf@prospero.cambridge.redhat.com>

On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 11:44:59AM +0100, Jason Merrill wrote:
> Hmm.  I believe we deliberately didn't do this in the past, to avoid
> getting confused by symlinks.

Yes, I understand.  The code only strips out `dir/../' when `dir'
can't be accessed, ie. doesn't exist.  The latest patch, which is
how I should have written it in the first place :), is even more
cautious about tweaking the path.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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  - From: Alan Modra
- Re: strip out ".." from gcc search paths
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