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Re: -remap: Should we remap before / after simplification?
On Mar 15, 2001, Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Because bfd is a symlink you mean?
Yep
> and this still has the unadulterated composite path. So, we could just
> pass the original path to the O/S, and let it handle the symlinks, but
> use simplified paths in our splay tree and diagnostics.
IMHO, you should only simplify a pathname when you can prove the
simplified path and the original one get you the same file.
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