[PATCH] libstdc++: Use realpath for /etc/localtime symlink [PR125467]

[Andreas Schwab]

On Aug 11 2026, Torbjorn SVENSSON wrote:

> In _swistat, the following statements are of interrest:
>
>   /* Always assume a character device,
>      with 1024 byte blocks. */
>   st->st_mode |= S_IFCHR;
>   st->st_blksize = 1024;
>
> This, together with
>
>   st->st_mode |= S_IFREG | S_IREAD;
>
> from _stat will set the bits in a way that makes libstdc++ think that the
> checked path is a symlink, even if the checked path actually a regular
> directory.

That looks like a bug that needs to be fixed in newlib.

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