From 14e4ea4592e77a276e39c40c8fa1aa8b4cfa3df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rmcrackan <rmcrackan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:53:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Resolve to an absolute path when reading

---
 Source/LibationFileManager/LibationFiles.cs | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/LibationFiles.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/LibationFiles.cs
index 1268dc88..31c839f5 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/LibationFiles.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/LibationFiles.cs
@@ -248,6 +248,17 @@ public class LibationFiles
 			libationFiles = runShellCommand("echo " + libationFiles) ?? libationFiles;
 		}
 
+		// Resolve relative paths to absolute using the appsettings.json directory as base,
+		// so that Location is consistent everywhere (e.g. avoids different resolution when
+		// loading Serilog config vs. checking SettingsAreValid). Fixes Linux crash when
+		// appsettings in process dir contains "./LibationFiles" (e.g. issue #1677).
+		if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(libationFiles) && !Path.IsPathRooted(libationFiles))
+		{
+			var appSettingsDir = Path.GetDirectoryName(appsettingsPath.Path);
+			var basePath = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(appSettingsDir) ? appSettingsDir : Configuration.ProcessDirectory;
+			libationFiles = Path.GetFullPath(libationFiles, basePath);
+		}
+
 		return libationFiles;
 
 		static string? runShellCommand(string command)