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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex index aa790e7..e79df3e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex @@ -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} @@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ C API Documentation ------------- +- 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 ------------- |