Re: [PATCH] fully resolve symlinks when creating lockfiles

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Hi,

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Bradford C. Smith wrote:

> Make the code for resolving symlinks in lockfile.c more robust as
> follows:
> 
> 1. Handle relative symlinks
> 2. recursively resolve symlink chains up to OS limit

FWIW I like what it does, but how.  What is so wrong with just relying on 
is_absolute_path() and make_absolute_path()?  The code would be much 
shorter then, and we need those functions anyway, methinks.

Ciao,
Dscho

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