[pacman-dev] [BUG] libalpm: symlink to directory causes conflict

[Ivy Foster]

On 29 Sep 2020, at  5:59 pm +0000, Barnabás Pőcze wrote:
> Hi

Hello,

> 2020. szeptember 29., kedd 0:45 keltezéssel, Ivy Foster írta:
> > On 28 Sep 2020, at 6:19 pm +0000, Barnabás Pőcze via pacman-dev wrote:
> > > [pacman not following symlinks] may or may not be an actual bug,
> > > [...]  Could someone confirm that this is indeed the intended
> > > behaviour? And if yes, why?

> > This is the intended behavior: pacman will only install files to real
> > destinations and does not follow symlinks, so that it can always
> > (barring user interference) have an accurate idea of where in the
> > filesystem the files it installed actually are.

> I see, thanks for the explanation.

No problem! It's a good question, since "everything should follow
symlinks all the time" is an easy assumption to make.
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