From: Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:42:21 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bpo-38453: Resolve test directories before chdir to them (GH-16723)
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bpo-38453: Resolve test directories before chdir to them (GH-16723)
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diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index d593fc18d9..0f294c5b0f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ def change_cwd(path, quiet=False):
     """
     saved_dir = os.getcwd()
     try:
-        os.chdir(path)
+        os.chdir(os.path.realpath(path))
     except OSError as exc:
         if not quiet:
             raise