[bug #57914] abspath does resolve symlink

2020-04-01 Thread Steffen Dettmer
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #57914 (project make): Thank you all for your explanations. I think I now understand it correctly :) [comment #6 comment #6:] > Just as another proof that it's a feature of the shell: if you don't use the shell's built-in pwd command but instead use /bin/pwd, you'll see

[bug #57914] abspath does resolve symlink

2020-03-31 Thread Steffen Dettmer
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #57914 (project make): Hi, thanks so much for your quick reply and detailed explanation! For my understanding I added: /tmp/57914/subdir -> . and found correctly: make -f subdir/Makefile $(abspath subdir/Makefile) == /tmp/57914/subdir/Makefile as well as my (non-

Do I need to update bug #57914: abspath does resolve symlink?

2020-03-31 Thread Steffen Dettmer
Hi, An month ago I created a ticket on Savannah[1] that abspath does resolve symlinks like realpath, but documentation states that it does not do so. Was it sufficient to just create it or do I need to do anything else (assign it somehow or so)? I think it could also be likely that I misundersto