Re: declare canonicalize_file_name

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:33:29PM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
>> I believe RichardE's fixed this (or will when he wakes up :-).  GDB 
>> should have been using realpath() in preference to 
>> canonicalize_file_name() .
> 
> 
> The problem will still hold with canonicalize_file_name
> should it be used.
> 
> Of course, since it's specific to glibc, and glibc also
> provides realpath, it won't ever be used.  Why not remove
> support for it then?

The call was only just added for the hurd :-(  Hmm, 
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2002-02/msg00631.html

Oops, ulgh! if RichardE tweeks to code (as I suggested) to simply prefer 
realpath() it will break the hurd again.  I think prefering realpath() 
is correct (only use an obscure function when forced too) but that logic 
is going to need to be scrambled a bit more :-(.

RichardE, I guess another re-think.

Andrew