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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: make(1) patch to ReadMakefile() to use realpath(3)
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"J. Mallett" wrote:
> That's right.  Long story short there's no libc or kernel facility to do
> it, and there's no way to pull a canonical path out of a hat given "." or
> getcwd(), unless any canonical path will do.

Bullwinkle: "I've got to get me a new hat!"

-- Terry

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