Remove side-effects from auxiliary function
Remove side-effects from auxiliary function

This matches the style of the other auxiliary function in this parent function
(absolutize). The function can then be used cleanly to generate the desired
side-effects.

Signed-off-by: Si Beaumont <a0992b7f1f450b4c7716d34b81a2d6f0877ae11a@citrix.com>

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