bug in path traversing in 1.5.19 snapshots

[Krzysztof Duleba]

Rick Rankin wrote:

>>There is a funny bug in the 1.5.19 family, maybe in earlier versions too.
>>
>>Krzysiek@duli5 ~
>>$ cd /usr/.../var
>>
>>Krzysiek@duli5 /usr/.../var
>>$ ls
>>ls: .: No such file or directory
> 
> FYI, This same behavior is exhibited in the stock 1.5.18-1 release as well, so this isn't a regression.

It seems you're right, it isn't a regression, but it's still a bug.

cd /usr/..../var (with four dots) works the same way.

You can easily nest those:

$ pwd
/bin/.../bin/.../bin/.../bin/.../bin/.../bin/.../usr/.../usr/.../usr/.../usr/...
/var/.../usr/local/bin/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.
../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.../src/.
../src

$ cd .../src
bash: cd: .../src: File name too long

$ ls
ls: .: No such file or directory

Funny that if I start a windows shell now, it will have the right working 
directory (/usr/local/src in this case).

Krzysztof Duleba


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