New submission from Ben Longbons <b.r.longb...@gmail.com>:
I encountered this bug with the following filesystem layout
project/build/bin/main-gdb.py -> ../src/main-gdb.py
project/build/src -> ../src/
project/src/main-gdb.py -> ../py/main-gdb.py
project/py/main-gdb.py
where root/py/main-gdb.py contains
import os
print(os.path.realpath(__file__))
Actual Result:
project/build/py/main-gdb.py
instead of
project/py/main-gdb.py
The cause of this bug is the fact that os.path._resolve_link calls
os.path.normpath, which is not symlink-safe.
Specically, this is bad:
os.path.normpath('project/build/src/../py/main-gdb.py')
The correct thing to do is never call normpath; instead leave .. components and
pop off the last element after ensuring that the preceding directory is not a
symlink.
This bug seems pretty severe to me, because it prevents imports from working.
Exact python --version and Debian package versions:
Python 2.6.7 (2.6.7-4)
Python 2.7.3rc2 (2.7.3~rc2-2.1)
Python 3.2.3 (3.2.3-1)
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 164090
nosy: o11c
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.path.realpath gets confused when symlinks include '..'
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.2
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