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Date:      Sun, 19 May 2002 14:42:51 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely5.cicely.de>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: make(1) patch to ReadMakefile() to use realpath(3)
Message-ID:  <3CE81C5B.8DD8D86B@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020519100420.GA8356@FreeBSD.ORG> <20020519132159.GI44753@cicely5.cicely.de> <3CE8095D.CFFF57F7@mindspring.com> <20020519203519.GA32010@FreeBSD.ORG>

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"J. Mallett" wrote:
> That's right.  Long story short there's no libc or kernel facility to do
> it, and there's no way to pull a canonical path out of a hat given "." or
> getcwd(), unless any canonical path will do.

Bullwinkle: "I've got to get me a new hat!"

-- Terry

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