From: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:42:43 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: tools: expand relative paths provided by $top_srcdir for robustness
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tools: expand relative paths provided by $top_srcdir for robustness

Signed-off-by: Christian Goeschel Ndjomouo <cgoesc2@wgu.edu>
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diff --git a/tools/checkcompletion.sh b/tools/checkcompletion.sh
index c92354a2c..bd3f14fdc 100755
--- a/tools/checkcompletion.sh
+++ b/tools/checkcompletion.sh
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ exclude_programs="nologin|agetty|login|sulogin|switch_root|vipw|line|kill"
 # These are handled via install-data-hook-bashcomp-* rules
 # - runuser: symlinked to su completion
 # - lastb: symlinked to last completion
-special_handling="runuser|lastb" 
+special_handling="runuser|lastb"
 
 # Certain completions have an unusual algorithm that is distinct from the pattern used
 # in the majority of completion files, we skip these for now.
 unusual_completions="pipesz"
 
-top_srcdir=${1:-.}
+top_srcdir="$(realpath -qLs "${1:-.}")"
 [ -d "${top_srcdir}" ] || die "directory '${top_srcdir}' not found"
 
 cd "${top_srcdir}" || die "cannot cd to ${top_srcdir}"
diff --git a/tools/checkmanpage.sh b/tools/checkmanpage.sh
index 948e7fff9..588fc571c 100755
--- a/tools/checkmanpage.sh
+++ b/tools/checkmanpage.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 # This script verifies if each program has a corresponding manpage
 # and checks if said manpages have a description for each program's
 # long options. The list of program long options is based on the
-# respective program's source code. 
+# respective program's source code.
 
-top_srcdir="${1:-.}"
+top_srcdir="$(realpath -qLs "${1:-.}")"
 if [ -d "${top_srcdir}" ]; then
         shift 1
 else
diff --git a/tools/checkusage.sh b/tools/checkusage.sh
index 4af5848ba..578035828 100755
--- a/tools/checkusage.sh
+++ b/tools/checkusage.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if [ "$#" -lt 1 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-top_srcdir=${1:-.}
+top_srcdir="$(realpath -qLs "${1:-.}")"
 if [ -d "${top_srcdir}" ]; then
 	shift 1
 else
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function check_usage_long_options_completeness {
 
 	prog_long_opts="$( TOP_SRCDIR="${top_srcdir}" "${top_srcdir}"/tools/get-options.sh "$prog" \
 			| sed -e 's/^$//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')"
-	
+
 	if [[ "$?" != "0" || -z "$prog_long_opts" ]]; then
 		echo "Failed to get long options for $prog"
 		return 1
diff --git a/tools/testcoverage.sh b/tools/testcoverage.sh
index 9b3c668dd..95be3c474 100755
--- a/tools/testcoverage.sh
+++ b/tools/testcoverage.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # will be added to each respective tool's row and the script will
 # exit with a non-zero status code.
 
-top_srcdir="${1:-.}"
+top_srcdir="$(realpath -qLs "${1:-.}")"
 if [ -d "${top_srcdir}" ]; then
         shift 1
 else