1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
index a6195c1dcb..061f1a7ef1 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/realpath.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 
 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
-static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: realpath.c,v 1.5 2001/06/27 00:58:56 lebel Exp $";
+static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: realpath.c,v 1.6 2002/01/12 16:24:35 millert Exp $";
 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ realpath(path, resolved)
                 return (NULL);
         }
 
+        /* Convert "." -> "" to optimize away a needless lstat() and chdir() */
+        if (path[0] == '.' && path[1] == '\0')
+                path = "";
+
         /*
          * Find the dirname and basename from the path to be resolved.
          * Change directory to the dirname component.
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ loop:
                 p = resolved;
 
         /* Deal with the last component. */
-        if (lstat(p, &sb) == 0) {
+        if (*p != '\0' && lstat(p, &sb) == 0) {
                 if (S_ISLNK(sb.st_mode)) {
                         if (++symlinks > MAXSYMLINKS) {
                                 errno = ELOOP;