[tex-k] Re: [tex-live] Problem with kpathsea (in latest web2c 7.3.9)

[Thomas Esser]

> How urgent is it to fix this -- assuming it is (reasonably) fixable.

How about the following:

--- progname.c-orig	Thu Oct 24 21:14:23 2002
+++ progname.c	Thu Oct 24 21:29:06 2002
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
           if (IS_DIR_SEP (ret[last - 1])) {
             /* If we have `/../', that's the same as `/'.  */
             if (last > 1) {
-              ret[last] = 0;
+              ret[last - 1] = 0;
             }
             break;
           }

Thomas