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Re: [v3] testsuite_flags absolute path fix
On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 02:02:54AM +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> writes:
>
> | > This is going to interact badly with amd. This will cause references
> | > to go through /a/foo/path instead of /nfs/bar/path. Which will cause
> | > amd to decide that the automount isn't being used and unmount it in
> | > the middle of the build.
> |
> | Ugggh. Man.
> |
> | > Please only canonicalize relative paths.
...
> If we were to partially canonalize paths then why don't we consider
> lookfor_file from DejaGnu? I think it is the best we can acheive
> given the constraints.
What was wrong with my original patch, anyway? It solved the problem
without changing any pathname more than necessary, it was nice and
straightforward, it was clear what it did. I have no idea what
lookfor_file does...
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