The infinite loop would happen if the 2 supplied paths were on different Windows drives - for example if one was on drive C:\ and the other on drive E:\
I don't think this new test will be detrimental to the other platforms but if it is, we could easily separate it out with a '#ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS' directive.
}
needle = Glib::path_get_dirname (needle);
- if (needle == "." || needle == "/") {
+ if (needle == "." || needle == "/" || Glib::path_skip_root(needle).empty()) {
break;
}
}