revert to using a single way for finding the libdir, as my assessment of the...

revert to using a single way for finding the libdir, as my assessment of the OSX bug turned out to be wrong

scripts/external-tests.pd

-#N canvas 3 53 659 639 12;
+#N canvas 4 53 659 639 12;
 #X obj 61 34 loadbang;
 #N canvas 107 123 756 233 load_hcs/folder_list 0;
 #X obj 357 47 inlet;
@@ -712,68 +712,19 @@ nameclash is in the current library we're testing then we ignore it.
 #X obj 371 313 s \$0-last-objectmaker-methodspace-length;
 #X text 304 85 \$0-last-objectmaker-methodspace-length;
 #X text 304 105 \$0-ext;
-#N canvas 1 53 717 595 set_\$0-libdir 0;
+#N canvas 1 53 436 328 set_\$0-libdir 0;
 #X obj 49 48 inlet;
-#X obj 49 317 pdinfo;
-#X obj 49 78 b;
-#X msg 49 288 libdir;
-#X obj 49 540 outlet;
+#X obj 49 127 pdinfo;
+#X msg 49 98 libdir;
+#X obj 49 220 outlet;
 #X text 97 48 get the directory where extra/ and doc/ live;
-#X obj 49 514 trigger anything anything;
-#X obj 221 540 s \$0-libdir;
-#X obj 49 131 pdinfo;
-#X msg 49 106 platform;
-#X obj 49 156 select darwin;
-#X msg 49 181 1;
-#X obj 137 181 b;
-#X msg 137 206 0;
-#X obj 49 246 select 0 1;
-#X text 171 160 Unfortunately Pd on OSX has a bug that causes the;
-#X text 171 180 libdir to not be normalized-- e.g. \, it can have;
-#X text 171 200 "foo/../bar" within the path. This breaks our;
-#X text 171 220 attempt to create objects with absolute paths. So;
-#X text 171 240 we instead use the Pd executable dir and shave off
-;
-#X text 171 260 the "/bin" at the end...;
-#X obj 119 317 pdinfo;
-#X obj 119 342 list fromsymbol;
-#X obj 151 398 list length;
-#X obj 119 455 list split;
-#X obj 119 480 list tosymbol;
-#X msg 119 288 dir;
-#X obj 119 367 trigger anything anything anything;
-#X text 256 461 OSX gives up back an execdir with a trailing slash.
-Should;
-#X text 256 481 probably normalize the *info classes that output paths
-to;
-#X text 256 501 either always use trailing slashes or never use them.
-;
-#X obj 151 426 - 5;
-#X text 256 421 slice off "/ b i n /";
+#X obj 49 194 trigger anything anything;
+#X obj 221 220 s \$0-libdir;
 #X connect 0 0 2 0;
-#X connect 1 0 6 0;
-#X connect 2 0 9 0;
-#X connect 3 0 1 0;
-#X connect 6 0 4 0;
-#X connect 6 1 7 0;
-#X connect 8 0 10 0;
-#X connect 9 0 8 0;
-#X connect 10 0 11 0;
-#X connect 10 1 12 0;
-#X connect 11 0 14 0;
-#X connect 12 0 13 0;
-#X connect 13 0 14 0;
-#X connect 14 0 3 0;
-#X connect 14 1 26 0;
-#X connect 21 0 22 0;
-#X connect 22 0 27 0;
-#X connect 23 0 31 0;
-#X connect 24 0 25 0;
-#X connect 25 0 6 0;
-#X connect 26 0 21 0;
-#X connect 27 0 24 0;
-#X connect 27 1 23 0;
-#X connect 31 0 24 1;
+#X connect 1 0 5 0;
+#X connect 2 0 1 0;
+#X connect 5 0 3 0;
+#X connect 5 1 6 0;
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 #N canvas 246 217 382 392 set_\$0-current_libdir 0;
 #X obj 67 30 inlet;