#511 merge-pathnames delivers wrong path

[steve]

I am using clisp to build ABCL. This requires the use of the JDK path plus "bin/java". The JDK path is "/usr/local/java/jdk1.6/" merge-pathnames delivers "/usr/local/java.6/bin/java"

Admittedly slightly older version 2.41

[Sam Steingold]

WFM:

> (merge-pathnames "bin/java" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.6/" )
#P"/usr/local/java/jdk1.6/bin/java"

please supply a test case instead of a free text description of the problem.

[Sam Steingold]

This bug report is now marked as "pending"/"works for me".
This means that we think that we cannot reproduce the problem
and cannot do anything about it.
Unless you - the reporter - act within 2 weeks
(e.g., by submitting a self-contained test case
or answering our other recent requests),
the bug will be permanently closed.
Sorry about the inconvenience -
we hope your silence means that
you are no longer observing the problem either.

[steve]

The work around I found was that it needed a slash after the jdk...

Sorry to bother you.

[Sam Steingold]

indeed, without the trailing slash, the last component becomes a file name, not a part of the directory list, therefore the name "jdk1" is discarded (because "bin/java" already has a name - "java") while the extension ".6" is merged into, thus you end up with #P"/usr/local/java/bin/java.6".
http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/dir-is-not-file.html#probe-path should help you avoid this problem.

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