RE: using realpath/abspath in 3.81

[Dave Korn]

On 29 November 2007 12:16, Krzysztof Nosek wrote:

> I've noticed that both realpath and abspath functions take only relative
> paths as their arguments. With absolute path they break it, trying to make
> it absolute:
> 
> $ make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> ...
> $ make -f -
> $(info $(realpath d:/temp))
> ^Z
> c:/progs/cygwin/home/nosek/d:/temp
> 
> I've tried it with:
>   * Cygwin's make,
>   * GnuWin32 binary release make,
>   * make.exe built with MSVC++ from 3.81 sources.
> 
> I don't know if it's a win32 specific problem, or a general make 3.81
> "feature" (or just lack of feature).

  It's the is-a-colon-a-path-separator-or-is-it-a-drive-letter-identifier
problem discussed in the thread "VPATH of the form C:/foo" on this list over
the last few days, check the archives.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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