canonicalizing paths

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 01:49:48PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > What's /bar/foo/../test?  It's /bar/test if you canonicalize the path,
> > and /test if you don't.
> > 
> > We need to be aware of this.  The question becomes, when do we care? 
> 
> In gcc's case, the ..'s are used to recreate an install tree based on
> where gcc (or its components) is found.  If gcc is in
> /foo/bar/bin/gcc, shouldn't it look for libraries in /foo/bar/lib even
> if /foo/bar/bin is a symlink?

Well, I'd say no - I'd say that the whole install tree should be
together, and a symlink to the bin directory should be resolved.  That
also preserves existing behavior.  The point's certainly disputable,
though!

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer