Boost Filesystem lexicographic path comparison inconsistent

[dbetz@…]

I am using boost svn number 60558. Briefly, paths "/foo/" and "/foo/." are not <, >, or ==:

#include <iostream>

#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]){

boost::filesystem::path p("/foo/"); boost::filesystem::path q("/foo/."); if (p<q)

std::cerr << p << " < " << q << std::endl;

else if (p==q)

std::cerr << p << " == " << q << std::endl;

else if (p>q)

std::cerr << p << " > " << q << std::endl;

else

std::cerr << p << " ? " << q << std::endl;

}

gives the following output:

/foo/ ? /foo/.

[Beman Dawes]

(In [77669]) Fix #4065, Boost Filesystem lexicographic path comparison inconsistent. The fix included adding path::compare functions, and cleanup and refactoring of the path relational operators code. Some of the code fixed is used by other functions, so some unrelated bugs may also have been fixed.