On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 12:07:00PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > Peng Yu wrote: > > I have submitted the patch long time ago as I was asked to add the > > patch. However, nobody really takes a look at it. I feel really sad. > > Could anybody take a look and see if it is above the quality criterion > > and let me know what I need to change so this small utility can be > > added to the repository? > > First of all, you will need to complete some copyright assignment > paperwork. Please follow these steps: > > http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/tree/HACKING#n444 > > Pádraig Brady and I talked about this today, and he suggested > to call this new program realpath, and with usage like this: > > realpath --relative-start=DIR FILE ...
In that case, please make its interface compatible with Debian's realpath: http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=realpath http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/robert/realpath.git > Yes, that would mean a little duplication with what readlink does, > but few people know that hidden within readlink they will find a > file-name canonicalization tool. Having another more accessible > route to that functionality may justify the minimal duplication. -- ldv
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