File Python-2.6.8-canonicalize2.patch of Package python

--- Python/sysmodule.c.orig	2012-08-09 10:28:53.687603341 +0200
+++ Python/sysmodule.c	2012-08-09 10:32:21.106815041 +0200
@@ -1552,7 +1552,20 @@
         char *p = NULL;
         Py_ssize_t n = 0;
         PyObject *a;
-#ifdef HAVE_READLINK
+#ifdef HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME
+		int errnum;
+
+		if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
+			argv0 = canonicalize_file_name(argv0);
+			if (argv0 == NULL) argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
+		}
+#elif defined(HAVE_REALPATH)
+		if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
+			if (realpath(argv0, fullpath)) {
+				argv0 = fullpath;
+			}
+		}
+#elif defined(HAVE_READLINK)
         char link[MAXPATHLEN+1];
         char argv0copy[2*MAXPATHLEN+1];
         int nr = 0;
@@ -1579,7 +1592,8 @@
                 }
             }
         }
-#endif /* HAVE_READLINK */
+#endif /* resolve method selection */
+		
 #if SEP == '\\' /* Special case for MS filename syntax */
         if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
             char *q;
@@ -1608,11 +1622,6 @@
         }
 #else /* All other filename syntaxes */
         if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) {
-#if defined(HAVE_REALPATH)
-            if (realpath(argv0, fullpath)) {
-                argv0 = fullpath;
-            }
-#endif
             p = strrchr(argv0, SEP);
         }
         if (p != NULL) {
@@ -1630,6 +1639,9 @@
         a = PyString_FromStringAndSize(argv0, n);
         if (a == NULL)
             Py_FatalError("no mem for sys.path insertion");
+#ifdef HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME
+		if (argc > 0 && argv0 != NULL && strcmp(argv0, "-c") != 0) free(argv0);
+#endif /* HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME */
         if (PyList_Insert(path, 0, a) < 0)
             Py_FatalError("sys.path.insert(0) failed");
         Py_DECREF(a);
--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -2473,7 +2473,7 @@
  getpriority getpwent getspnam getspent getsid getwd \
  kill killpg lchmod lchown lstat mkfifo mknod mktime \
  mremap nice pathconf pause plock poll pthread_init \
- putenv readlink realpath \
+ putenv readlink realpath canonicalize_file_name \
  select setegid seteuid setgid \
  setlocale setregid setreuid setsid setpgid setpgrp setuid setvbuf snprintf \
  sigaction siginterrupt sigrelse strftime \
--- pyconfig.h.in
+++ pyconfig.h.in
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `chflags' function. */
 #undef HAVE_CHFLAGS
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `canonicalize_file_name' function. */
+#undef HAVE_CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `chown' function. */
 #undef HAVE_CHOWN