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Bug 652948 - copying / moving relative symlinks: adapt paths
copying / moving relative symlinks: adapt paths
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 652947 675944 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 652944
 
 
Reported: 2011-06-19 15:14 UTC by chrysn
Modified: 2021-06-18 15:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.91/3.0


Description chrysn 2011-06-19 15:14:28 UTC 
when copying a relative symlink, the path is copied literally instead of a symlink to the original symlinks' target being created. while this can be desired, it sometimes is not (think of symlinks in a git-annex style pool of files; a "copy" just means another symlink pointing to the same target here).

i don't think this bug should be adressed individually, but it's an issue that can be dealt with when finding a better general approach to symlink handling in file system operation along with other bugs referenced in bug 652944.
Comment 1 Baptiste Mille-Mathias 2011-06-19 17:59:14 UTC 
*** Bug 652947 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 André Klapper 2011-06-23 17:05:25 UTC 
Which nautilus version is this about?
Comment 3 chrysn 2011-06-23 17:28:25 UTC 
tested it with versions 2.32 and 3.0.0, both just implement plain posix logic.
Comment 4 António Fernandes 2013-12-16 12:00:30 UTC 
*** Bug 675944 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 André Klapper 2021-06-18 15:50:15 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org.
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org
which have not seen updates for a longer time (resources are unfortunately
quite limited so not every ticket can get handled).

If you can still reproduce the situation described in this ticket in a recent
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