"Markus" == Markus Lampert markuslampert@yahoo.com writes:
Markus> I can't remember the solution for error (which isn't available under Markus> Linux (debian)), but I remember that instead of just calling 'pwd' to Markus> determine the 'bindir' we changed it to 'pwd -P', which is portable to Markus> all UNIX variants (at the time) and also deals correctly with symbolic Markus> links. These changes don't seem to have made it into the current vm Markus> download.
pwd -P is a relatively modern invention. I don't have a counter example, but is there any reason you demand it?
What's wrong with just pwd?