Restore logic where existance and directoriness are checked on realpath.

jaraco · jaraco · commit 4ca2bcf84333 · 2025-12-07T15:25:00.000-05:00
diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -183,15 +183,15 @@ class _ExecutableTarget:
 
 class _ScriptTarget(_ExecutableTarget):
     def __init__(self, target):
-        if not os.path.exists(target):
+        self._target = self._safe_realpath(target)
+
+        if not os.path.exists(self._target):
             print(f'Error: {target} does not exist')
             sys.exit(1)
-        if os.path.isdir(target):
+        if os.path.isdir(self._target):
             print(f'Error: {target} is a directory')
             sys.exit(1)
 
-        self._target = self._safe_realpath(target)
-
         # If PYTHONSAFEPATH (-P) is not set, sys.path[0] is the directory
         # of pdb, and we should replace it with the directory of the script
         if not sys.flags.safe_path:
