[ID 19991115.010] 2 problems with File::Spec::Win32

As I've been working with File::Spec::Win32, I've noticed a couple problems:

1. rel2abs goes into an infinite loop if the $base parameter is omitted.
2. canonpath does not support the optional $reduce_ricochet parameter.

Mark Lofdahl
mel@disc.com





Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 03) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-object
    uname=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl.exe', optimize='-O2 -MD -DNDEBUG -TP -GX', gccversion=
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccflags ='-O2 -MD -DNDEBUG -TP -GX -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT
-DHAVE_DE
S_FCRYPT -DPERL_OBJECT'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release
-libpath:"C:\perl\50050
3a\lib\MSWin32-x86-object\CORE"  -machine:x86'
    libpth=C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\VC98\lib
    libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib  winspool.lib
comdlg32.
lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib  oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib
wsock
32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib PerlCRT.lib
    libc=PerlCRT.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perlcore.lib
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release
-libpath:"C:
\perl\500503a\lib\MSWin32-x86-object\CORE"  -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Locally applied patches:
        ActivePerl Build 521
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Nov  1 1999 10:12:05
  %ENV:
    PERL5LIB="D:/newqa/lib"
    PERL5OPT="-w"
    PERL5SHELL="sh"
  @INC:
    D:/newqa/lib
    c:/perl/500503a/lib/MSWin32-x86-object
    c:/perl/500503a/lib
    c:/perl/site/500503a/lib

• [ID 19991115.010] 2 problems with File::Spec::Win32 by Mark Lofdahl
• Re: [ID 19991115.010] 2 problems with File::Spec::Win32 by Barrie Slaymaker
• Re: [ID 19991115.010] 2 problems with File::Spec::Win32 by Gurusamy Sarathy