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Ticket UUID:	6c49da8a19ab9fb07b4366fe37ebee105e96a859
Title:	Edge case in [file normalize]?
Type:	Bug	Version:	8.4.9, 8.6.1
Submitter:	dkf	Created on:	2014-01-31 09:34:53
Subsystem:	36. Pathname Management	Assigned To:	dgp
Priority:	5 Medium	Severity:	Minor
Status:	Open	Last Modified:	2014-01-31 19:05:20
Resolution:	None	Closed By:	nobody
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Description:	As reported in this Stack Overflow question, it looks like there's an evil edge case that's gone wrong in `file normalize`. Directory structure setup: /tmp/fileA.txt /tmp/sidedir/fileA.txt /tmp/subdir/fileA.txt /tmp/subdir/sidedir_link -> /tmp/sidedir Problem trace: wish% file normalize sidedir_link/fileA.txt /tmp/sidedir/fileA.txt wish% ::utils::realpath sidedir_link/fileA.txt /tmp/sidedir/fileA.txt wish% file normalize sidedir_link/../fileA.txt /tmp/subdir/fileA.txt wish% ::utils::realpath sidedir_link/../fileA.txt /tmp/fileA.txt “Note: The difference is `/tmp/subdir/fileA.txt` versus `/tmp/fileA.txt`.” It's reportedly an issue with both 8.4.9 and 8.6.1 so I expect it to be present in all other 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 versions.
User Comments:	dgp added on 2014-01-31 19:05:20: This is probably a Dup. Related tickets are 3577801 and 961646. If it were easy to fix (or to define what functioning is properly defined as "fixed"), it would be done by now.