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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/realpath.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/realpath.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38cc8ca --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/realpath.texi @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +@node realpath +@section @code{realpath} +@findex realpath + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/realpath.html} + +Gnulib module: canonicalize-lgpl + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS. +@item +This function does not allow for a NULL @samp{resolved} parameter on +some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.4, OpenBSD 4.4, Solaris 10. +@item +This function does not always return an absolute path on some +platforms: +Solaris 10. +@item +This function fails to detect trailing slashes on non-directories on +some platforms: +glibc 2.3.5. +@item +This function fails to recognize non-directories followed @samp{..} on +some platforms: +cygwin. +@item +This function misbehaves on consecutive slashes on some platforms: +AIX 7. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function does not allow to determine the required size of output buffer; +the use of a non-NULL @samp{resolved} buffer is non-portable, since +PATH_MAX --- if it is defined --- is nothing more than a guess. +@end itemize |