#5852: Properly canonicalize $SAGE_ROOT
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    Reporter:  tornaria        |         Owner:  jdemeyer    
        Type:  defect          |        Status:  needs_review
    Priority:  major           |     Milestone:  sage-4.8    
   Component:  scripts         |    Resolution:              
    Keywords:                  |   Work_issues:              
    Upstream:  N/A             |      Reviewer:              
      Author:  Jeroen Demeyer  |        Merged:              
Dependencies:                  |  
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Comment(by jdemeyer):

 Replying to [comment:39 jhpalmieri]:
 > Has this been tested on OS X 10.4?
 Yes, it works.

 You are right that `/bin/pwd` does not always support `-P`, even on
 sage.math:
 {{{
 jdemeyer@sage:~$ /bin/pwd -P
 /bin/pwd: invalid option -- P
 Try `/bin/pwd --help' for more information.
 }}}

 But it seems `bash` always supports `pwd -P` as shell builtin, so we are
 safe.

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