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Location.absolute_path is broken by symlinks #6595

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vicuna opened this issue Oct 3, 2014 · 1 comment
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Location.absolute_path is broken by symlinks #6595

vicuna opened this issue Oct 3, 2014 · 1 comment

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vicuna commented Oct 3, 2014

Original bug ID: 6595
Reporter: @damiendoligez
Assigned to: @damiendoligez
Status: assigned (set by @damiendoligez on 2017-02-27T13:58:12Z)
Resolution: open
Priority: low
Severity: tweak
Version: 4.02.1+dev
Category: compiler driver

Bug description

The function Location.absolute_path tries to simplify paths by removing . components and {anything}/.. sequences.

Unfortunately, the latter is wrong in the presence of symlinks (see the discussion of #6562).

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This issue has been open one year with no activity. Consequently, it is being marked with the "stale" label. What this means is that the issue will be automatically closed in 30 days unless more comments are added or the "stale" label is removed. Comments that provide new information on the issue are especially welcome: is it still reproducible? did it appear in other contexts? how critical is it? etc.

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