Potential Patch for vala

[Barry deFreese]

Hi gents,

Here is a potential patch for vala, based on some feedback from Samuel, 
Guillem, and Alan (thanks!).

Thanks,

Barry


diff -urN vala-0.7.2.orig/gobject-introspection/grealpath.h 
vala-0.7.2/gobject-introspection/grealpath.h
--- vala-0.7.2.orig/gobject-introspection/grealpath.h   2009-04-09 
16:01:10.000000000 -0400
+++ vala-0.7.2/gobject-introspection/grealpath.h        2009-05-25 
18:19:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -10,11 +10,23 @@
 static inline gchar*
 g_realpath (const char *path)
 {
+#ifdef (__GLIBC__) || _POSIX_VERSION >= 200809L
+       char *buffer;
+       gchar *gret;
+       if ((buffer = realpath(path, NULL) != NULL)) {
+               gret = g_strdup(buffer);
+               free(buffer);
+               return gret;
+       } else {
+               return NULL;
+       }
+#else
        char buffer [PATH_MAX];
        if (realpath(path, buffer))
                return g_strdup(buffer);
        else
                return NULL;
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif