[perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2

On Mon Nov 01 12:37:07 2004, Shmuel+gen@patriot.net wrote:
> In OS/2 there is a concept of current drive, and there is a working
> directory for each drive. If the input to File::>Spec->rel2abs
> specifies a drive, the code uses the working directory of the current
> drive instead of the working directory of the specified drive. Note
> that the bypass is to use Cwd::abs_path, which works correctly.
> 
> I am composing this on a Linux system with Perl 5.8.3, but the problem
> occurs on OS/2 with Perl 5.8.2; I wasn able to get perlbug to work on
> my OS/2 system.
> 

Is there anyone who can build a recent Perl on OS/2 who could comment as
to whether this bug is still present?

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

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https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=32274

• Re: [perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2 by Shmuel Metz
• Re: [perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2 by Paul Smedley
• [perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2 by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2 by Paul Smedley
• [perl #32274] Incorrect path from File::Spec->rel2abs in OS/2 by James E Keenan via RT