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On 09/22/2015 12:27 PM, Daniel Richard G. wrote:
> Wouldn't it be easier to apply everything to a feature branch, and 
> integrate it bit by bit?

You can do that in your own repository if it makes things simpler, but 
for something this small I'd rather just see patches via email.

> wc: file "//dev/null": EDC5047I An invalid file name was specified as 
> a function parameter

How about if we add //dev/null to the configure-time test as to whether 
/ and // are the same?  If //dev/null doesn't work, then / and // are 
not the same.