[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #33723] Relative to absolute pathname invalid when symbolic links involved

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #33723 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Wont Fix               
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 
                 Release:                   3.4.2 => dev                    
        Operating System:               GNU/Linux => Any                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

I am going through old bugs and found this report still open with no
activity.

I tested this in the current version of Octave, it is still as you describe. I
got someone to also test this in Matlab and the behavior is actually the same,
so we are no worse than the competition.

As a workaround, if you use full paths it does work correctly, i.e.:


>> addpath (fullfile (pwd, "mylink/.."));
>> hello


which is the better solution anyway, because now you can chdir and not break
your function load path.

I'm not sure this is worth fixing, and since no one else has commented or
considered fixing this in several years, closing as won't fix. But feel free
to follow up with more information or a patch and this can be easily reopened.

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