Dave Korn wrote:
Roumen Petrov wrote:
The calculation or relative path to dll is based on function XXX_abspath
that may produce wrong results.
No it doesn't. Like any function, it produces the correct results when
given valid inputs, but if you give it bad input, you get GIGO.
:) :)
Roumen Petrov wrote:
Dave Korn wrote:
*Your suggestion to use realpath instead of abspath
requires magic or time-travel before it is even possible, which is why
I will
waste no time on it.*
Reading all above seems to my you mix mail threads and/or lists.
Nonsense, I'm not engaged in
Roumen Petrov wrote:
I'm concerned that we can't implement a working portable(cross-platform)
relative path calculation.
In the general case, Roumen, you are correct: there IS no portable
mechanism to compute relative paths when non-portable constructs such as
symbolic links are/may-be
