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| author | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2012-02-04 11:50:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2012-03-15 10:28:40 -0600 |
| commit | 5e264bf248128735aaba4e368f3875680d2ca438 (patch) | |
| tree | 7abce99252f01893a3f0d24cdd93e4836ac01de8 /NEWS | |
| parent | a84286ce7a2e7722eb38280bcbca7fabc647be95 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-5e264bf248128735aaba4e368f3875680d2ca438.tar.xz | |
realpath: fix problems with root handling
When --relative-base is /, all other paths should be treated as
relative (except for // where it matters).
Also, on platforms like Cygwin where / and // are distinct, realpath
was incorrectly collapsing // into /. http://debbugs.gnu.org/10472.
* src/realpath.c (path_prefix, path_common_prefix): Treat /
and // as having no common match.
(relpath): Allow for no match even without --relative-base.
* NEWS: Document this.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- surprising rename no-op behavior). Now, mv handles this case by skipping the usually-useless rename and simply unlinking A. + realpath no longer mishandles a root directory. This was most + noticeable on platforms where // is a different directory than /, + but could also be observed with --relative-base=/ or + --relative-to=/. [bug since the beginning, in 8.15] + ** Improvements ls can be much more efficient, especially with large directories on file |