Revert of GN: Normalize the build directory path

tools/gn/setup.cc

Index: tools/gn/setup.cc
diff --git a/tools/gn/setup.cc b/tools/gn/setup.cc
index bad4b7b14b7803c9170bb37c97cbf8cd2ca9613f..79814e602fe7a2f14a152ce9dae5d3d361d5f2d7 100644
--- a/tools/gn/setup.cc
+++ b/tools/gn/setup.cc
@@ -226,21 +226,6 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-// Expands all ./, ../, and symbolic links in the given path.
-bool NormalizePath(const base::FilePath& path, base::FilePath* out) {
-#if defined(OS_POSIX)
-  char buf[PATH_MAX];
-  if (!realpath(path.value().c_str(), buf)) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  *out = base::FilePath(buf);
-#else
-  // Do nothing on a non-POSIX system.
-  *out = path;
-#endif
-  return true;
-}
-
 }  // namespace
 
 const char Setup::kBuildArgFileName[] = "args.gn";
@@ -528,16 +513,9 @@
     root_path = dotfile_name_.DirName();
   }
 
-  base::FilePath root_path_normalized;
-  if (!NormalizePath(root_path, &root_path_normalized)) {
-    Err(Location(), "Can't normalize the root path.",
-        "I could not normalize the path \"" + FilePathToUTF8(root_path) + "\".")
-        .PrintToStdout();
-    return false;
-  }
   if (scheduler_.verbose_logging())
-    scheduler_.Log("Using source root", FilePathToUTF8(root_path_normalized));
-  build_settings_.SetRootPath(root_path_normalized);
+    scheduler_.Log("Using source root", FilePathToUTF8(root_path));
+  build_settings_.SetRootPath(root_path);
 
   return true;
 }
@@ -553,21 +531,11 @@
     return false;
   }
 
-  base::FilePath build_dir_path = build_settings_.GetFullPath(resolved);
-  base::FilePath build_dir_path_normalized;
-  if (!NormalizePath(build_dir_path, &build_dir_path_normalized)) {
-    Err(Location(), "Can't normalize the root path.",
-        "I could not normalize the path \"" + FilePathToUTF8(build_dir_path) +
-        "\".").PrintToStdout();
-    return false;
-  }
-  resolved = SourceDirForPath(build_settings_.root_path(),
-                              build_dir_path_normalized);
-
   if (scheduler_.verbose_logging())
     scheduler_.Log("Using build dir", resolved.value());
 
   if (require_exists) {
+    base::FilePath build_dir_path = build_settings_.GetFullPath(resolved);
     if (!base::PathExists(build_dir_path.Append(
             FILE_PATH_LITERAL("build.ninja")))) {
       Err(Location(), "Not a build directory.",