[Gnu-arch-users] file path normalization for my-revision-library

[Aaron Bentley]

"tla my-revision-library" does not normalize/canonicalize its directory 
name argument.  The functions it uses assume that two different 
directory names mean two different directories.  Thus, it is possible to 
add the same library to the library path *twice*:

address@hidden:~/tlasrc$ tla my-revision-library /etc
address@hidden:~/tlasrc$ tla my-revision-library /etc/
address@hidden:~/tlasrc$ tla my-revision-library
/etc
/etc/

However, other tla commands treat /etc and /etc like the same directory.

This inconsistency can lead to a lot of confusion. 

This tiny patch adds path normalization to my-revision-library.  At the 
moment, normalization merely removes any trailing backslashes.

http://www.aaronbentley.com/tla-devel
revision tlasrc--local--1.2--patch-7

No attempt is made to deal with hard links or symlinks-- it could be 
argued that such trickery must be permitted.

Aaron