p5pRT
commented
7 years ago From @gollux
Hello\, world!
When pod2html is given relative paths\, especially for --podroot\, it produces incorrect links to other modules. For example:
$ mkdir /tmp/qq $ cd /tmp/qq $ mkdir lib out $ echo >lib/A.pm -e "=pod\n\nL\" $ echo >lib/B.pm -e "=pod\n\nTEST" $ pod2html --htmldir=out --infile lib/A.pm --outfile out/A.html --podroot lib --podpath . $ grep B.html out/A.html \
\B\\
When I switch to absolute paths\, it helps:
$ pod2html --htmldir=out --infile lib/A.pm --outfile out/A.html --podroot `pwd`/lib --podpath . $ grep B.html out/A.html \
\B\\
However\, if the current working directory contains a symlink\, it again fails:
$ ln -s qq /tmp/pp $ cd /tmp/pp $ pod2html --htmldir=out --infile lib/A.pm --outfile out/A.html --podroot `pwd`/lib --podpath . $ grep B.html out/A.html- \
\B\\
It obviously mixes up paths with symlinks resolved and those without.
When I replace `pwd` by $(readlink -f `pwd`)\, it works again.
Checked with Perl 5.24 on Debian Stretch and the behavior is identical.
jkeenan
Migrated from rt.perl.org#132057 (status was 'new')
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