From 783ec915e2928237b5e3aafcf8e383407bc20c1d 2014-04-26 13:06:12
From: Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2014-04-26 13:06:12
Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #5731 from takluyver/sysinfo-realpath

Calculate real path for symlinked IPython package in sysinfo
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diff --git a/IPython/utils/sysinfo.py b/IPython/utils/sysinfo.py
index 003eca4..e3d40c0 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/sysinfo.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/sysinfo.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def pkg_info(pkg_path):
 def get_sys_info():
     """Return useful information about IPython and the system, as a dict."""
     p = os.path
-    path = p.dirname(p.abspath(p.join(__file__, '..')))
+    path = p.realpath(p.dirname(p.abspath(p.join(__file__, '..'))))
     return pkg_info(path)
 
 @py3compat.doctest_refactor_print