1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
index 3cf9b7e..37b0ea1 100644
--- a/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/io/qfsfileengine.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 #include "private/qcore_unix_p.h"
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -137,6 +138,21 @@ QString QFSFileEnginePrivate::canonicalized(const QString &path)
     if (path.isEmpty())
         return path;
 
+    // FIXME let's see if this stuff works, then we might be able to remove some of the other code.
+#if defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    if (path.size() == 1 && path.at(0) == QLatin1Char('/'))
+        return path;
+#endif
+    // Mac OS X 10.5.x doesn't support the realpath(X,0) extenstion we use here.
+#if (defined(Q_OS_UNIX) && !defined(Q_OS_MAC)) || defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN)
+    char *ret = realpath(path.toLocal8Bit().constData(), (char*)0);
+    if (ret) {
+        QString canonicalPath = QDir::cleanPath(QString::fromLocal8Bit(ret));
+        free(ret);
+        return canonicalPath;
+    }
+#endif
+
     QFileInfo fi;
     const QChar slash(QLatin1Char('/'));
     QString tmpPath = path;