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[3.11] gh-160506: Fix ntpath.realpath() for broken links via directory links (GH-160507) - #161030
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… links (pythonGH-160507) Resolve the directory containing a broken relative symlink before joining the link target to it, so that '..' in the target is applied to the real directory. ANT-2026-27II3A20 (cherry picked from commit 65665a4) Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com>
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Resolve the directory containing a broken relative symlink before
joining the link target to it, so that '..' in the target is applied
to the real directory.
ANT-2026-27II3A20
(cherry picked from commit 65665a4)
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith 68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com
os.path.realpath()on Windows misresolves a broken symlink reached through a directory symlink #160506