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Re: [PATCH] avoid assuming MAXPATHLEN in config(8)



* Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org>, 20110707 13:12:
> As for the __GLIBC__ bit, it is difficult to handle this without a
> function that canonicalizes arbitrary-length pathnames.  Would you
> prefer something like:
> 
> #ifdef MAXPATHLEN
> // use realpath on a statically-allocated buffer
> #else
> // assume canonicalize_file_name() is present
> #endif

Considering that the function is rather small anyway, why not compile it
in unconditionally (though having a different name).

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/

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