Hi. Programs and functions that rely in realpath() are broken.
Example: $ cd $ ln -s /var symlink $ cd symlink $ readlink -m . /var $ mkdir subfolder $ cd subfolder $ readlink -m . /home/user/symlink/subfolder # should be /var/subfolder This is the block I think is causing problems, as it breaks the loop as soon as a real file is found, instead of iterating further upwards resolving ancestors. https://cygwin.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=winsup/cygwin/path.cc#l994 There also a comment at line 736 that says: "Scan path_copy from right to left looking either for a symlink or an actual existing file. If an existing file is found, just return. If a symlink is found, exit the for loop." Thank you. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
