Re: misuse of pathnames in rump (and portalfs?)

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> Right. But if you want a guaranteed absolute path you should be able
> to do it by calling getcwd first.

Only if you accept breakage if the current directory no longer has any
name.

Of course, if you consider that acceptable, then fine.  I don't, not
for something as central as namei (though this looks as though you may
be talking about only certain filesystems, in which case it may be
acceptable).

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