[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libposixpath.tex, 1.38, 1.39

[jlgijsbers at users.sourceforge.net]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv24295/Doc/lib

Modified Files:
	libposixpath.tex 
Log Message:
bug 990669: os.path.normpath may alter the meaning of a path if it contains
symbolic links. This has been documented in a comment since 1992, but is now in
the library reference as well.


Index: libposixpath.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libposixpath.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -C2 -d -r1.38 -r1.39
*** libposixpath.tex	29 Oct 2003 00:46:19 -0000	1.38
--- libposixpath.tex	14 Aug 2004 14:41:32 -0000	1.39
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*** 155,159 ****
  \code{A/foo/../B} all become \code{A/B}.  It does not normalize the
  case (use \function{normcase()} for that).  On Windows, it converts
! forward slashes to backward slashes.
  \end{funcdesc}
  
--- 155,160 ----
  \code{A/foo/../B} all become \code{A/B}.  It does not normalize the
  case (use \function{normcase()} for that).  On Windows, it converts
! forward slashes to backward slashes. It should be understood that this may
! change the meaning of the path if it contains symbolic links! 
  \end{funcdesc}