Index: Lib/platform.py
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--- Lib/platform.py	(revision 66179)
+++ Lib/platform.py	(working copy)
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
     filepath = _abspath(filepath)
     while os.path.islink(filepath):
         filepath = os.path.normpath(
-            os.path.join(filepath,os.readlink(filepath)))
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filepath),os.readlink(filepath)))
     return filepath
 
 def _syscmd_uname(option,default=''):