problem(s) with extractbb and extractbb.lua recently introduced

[Bruno Voisin]

> On 14 Jul 2024, at 23:49, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing/hoping Lua has some way to resolve symlinks and get to the
> real path.

Hi Karl,

Thanks too, for paying attention.

Further internet search actually led back to TeX, pointing out there's a

texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-realpath.lua

Looking at this file, it's very far from the one- or two-liners I was hoping!

Bruno