* Ben Collins-Sussman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote :
>
> I've got a path as a command-line argument, and I'm trying to convert
> it to canonical case using apr_filepath_merge:
>
> apr_err = apr_filepath_merge (&truenamed_target, NULL, raw_target,
> APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME, pool);
>
> Unfortunately, this had the side-effect of converting a relative path
> into an absolute path.
>
> After some experimentation, I discovered that adding the
> APR_FILEPATH_NOTABSOLUTE flag prevented this behavior.
>
> What annoys me is that I *deliberately* ignored this flag, because of
> its cryptic docstring:
>
> /** Fail apr_filepath_merge if the merged path is absolute */
> #define APR_FILEPATH_NOTABSOLUTE 0x08
>
> I read this docstring, and thought it was talking about somehow
> restricting the *inputs* to the function... like forcing the function
> to only accept absolute paths, or something. It doesn't make a lot of
> sense.
>
> Does anyone mind if I apply this patch?
>
+1
-Thom
