[MacPorts] #21082: MacPorts 1.8.0 deletes ${prefix} if it is a symlink

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#21082: MacPorts 1.8.0 deletes ${prefix} if it is a symlink
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.8.1                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.8.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by jmr@…):

 So apparently `file normalize` is broken on the affected systems.
 Interestingly, it works correctly even in tclsh8.4 on 10.6. So r49347 is
 probably where the regression appeared. Unfortunately `compat
 filenormalize` was broken in other ways.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21082#comment:13>
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