FS#43946 - Pacman 4.2 symlinking support

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Aleksei (yupi) - Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 11:54 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 13:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Simply put: refusing to follow symlinks when installing packages does not solve the problem with conflicts because every symlink can be simulated with bind mount.

But symlinks are better than bind mounts because they know where they link.

I understand the need to disable symlink following after dropping complex symlink conflict checking, so that the old packages would not spoil the system. But once the packages are fixed, there is no need not to allow symlink following, at least via some option.
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Closed by  Allan McRae (Allan)
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 13:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't fix
Additional comments about closing:  These will never come back

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