From a7745799fd9068f55e15a5226f63fe68a1056313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Lumsden <lumsden.ian@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 15:14:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes the search for Flux in setup.py to eliminate symlinks

---
 setup.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b23738e..4a95669 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def find_flux():
             "Cannot find executable flux, which is required to be on PATH to find the install location."
         )
     # /usr/local/bin/flux --> /usr/local
-    return os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(path))
+    return os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(path)))
 
 
 flux_root = find_flux()