lib: introduce xpath_join

* lib/path-join.h, lib/path-join.c: New.
* lib/local.mk: Adjust.
* src/output.c: Use it.

lib/path-join.c

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+/* Concatenate path components.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+   Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or any
+   later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* Written by Akim Demaille <akim@lrde.epita.fr>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include "path-join.h"
+
+#include <concat-filename.h> /* xconcatenated_filename */
+#include <filename.h> /* IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH */
+#include <xalloc.h> /* xstrdup */
+
+char *
+xpath_join (const char *path1, const char *path2)
+{
+  if (!path2 || !*path2)
+    return xstrdup (path1);
+  else if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (path2))
+    return xstrdup (path2);
+  else
+    return xconcatenated_filename (path1, path2, NULL);
+}