Public bug reported:
After reading `man realpath` it should be clear why
$ cd /tmp
$ touch a
$ realpath ./a/..
realpath: ‘./a/..’: Not a directory
occurs. The manpage doesn't contain the word "directory" and thus the
error message can't make sense.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: coreutils 8.23-3ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.1.1-040101-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jul 14 21:09:07 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-08 (36 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to vivid on 2015-06-09 (35 days ago)
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid
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realpath fails with inexplicable error message "Not a directory"
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