[MacPorts] #18302: MacPorts doesn't recreate manpage symlink after compressing manpage if symlink is absolute

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#18302: MacPorts doesn't recreate manpage symlink after compressing manpage if
symlink is absolute
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 Reporter:  ryandesign@…             |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  MacPorts 1.8.0                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.7.0                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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Comment(by perry@…):

 From my brief testing, prefixing the destroot path to the absolute path is
 not what you want; you end up with symlinks referencing paths in destroot.

 Instead, I tried converting the absolute symlinks to relative symlinks,
 which as far as I can tell (at least from the listed examples and the
 following lines in portdestroot.tcl) is simply the file name:

 {{{
 231                         set mandir [file dirname $manlink]
 232                         set mandirpath [file join $manpath $mandir]
 233                         set pwd [pwd]
 234                         if {[catch {_cd $mandirpath} err]} {
 235                             puts $err
 236                             return
 237                         }
 }}}

 I've gone ahead and committed this possible fix in r47111 (it fixes #18227
 at least).

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