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bug 990669: os.path.normpath may alter the meaning of a path if it contains 

symbolic links. This has been documented in a comment since 1992, but is now in
the library reference as well.
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Johannes Gijsbers 2004-08-14 14:41:32 +00:00
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@ -154,7 +154,8 @@ Normalize a pathname. This collapses redundant separators and
up-level references, e.g. \code{A//B}, \code{A/./B} and
\code{A/foo/../B} all become \code{A/B}. It does not normalize the
case (use \function{normcase()} for that). On Windows, it converts
forward slashes to backward slashes.
forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this may
change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links!
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{realpath}{path}

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@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ C API
Documentation
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- bug 990669: os.path.normpath may alter the meaning of a path if it contains
symbolic links. This has been documented in a comment since 1992, but is now in
the library reference as well.
New platforms
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