canonicalizing paths

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 04:52:29PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> > /usr/local/bin/gcc -> /usr/local/gcc-2.95.3/bin/gcc
> > 
> > where every package is installed under /usr/local/<pkg>, with symlinks
> > to the most current version in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/man and
> > so on.
> 
> The current code won't work for that either, as it drops the gcc part.
> Only if /bin/ is the symlink will your example work.

Well, except that the current code doesn't base anything off where the
compiler binary is - only what --prefix is.

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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