From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6274 invoked by alias); 13 Jul 2016 05:07:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 21753 Received: (qmail 8602 invoked from network); 13 Jul 2016 05:07:53 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from hermes.apache.org by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(140.211.11.3):SA:0(-1.3/5.0):. Processed in 0.104532 secs); 13 Jul 2016 05:07:53 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Envelope-From: danielsh@apache.org X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at apache.org does not designate permitted sender hosts) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 05:00:27 +0000 From: Daniel Shahaf To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: Next release (5.3) Message-ID: <20160713050027.GA4291@tarsus.local2> References: <20160712075849.GG1537@isis.sigpipe.cz> <160712094017.ZM17395__33553.1437922784$1468341719$gmane$org@torch.brasslantern.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <160712094017.ZM17395__33553.1437922784$1468341719$gmane$org@torch.brasslantern.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Bart Schaefer wrote on Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 09:40:17 -0700: > His suggestion is: > > 1. :a is as before > 2. :A calls realpath, and does (1) only if there is no realpath > > (It's unclear to me whether there would be any reason to do (1) AFTER > calling realpath.) There shouldn't be. POSIX specifies: The realpath() function shall derive, from the pathname pointed to by file_name, an absolute pathname that names the same file, whose resolution does not involve '.' , '..' , or symbolic links. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (my emphasis) > Does the re-statement above change anyone else's opinion about which > alternative should be chosen? Please note that I don't think there > is any current zsh developer who is keen to rebuild realpath. Re-build, of course not. Copy a *BSD libc implementation, perhaps :-)