[frameworks-kio] [Bug 469134] While copying symlink it copies the target of that symlink.

[Méven]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469134

Méven <meven at kde.org> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Méven <meven at kde.org> ---
(In reply to Jin Liu from comment #5)
> (In reply to Méven Car from comment #2)
> > I am asking myself how best to fix this.
> > 
> > Because for a single symlink that makes sens the user would want the symlink
> > to be "duplicated" at destination.
> > But for a symlink inside a directory being copied (imagine some kind of
> > backup), that could be unexpected for that user and break his workflow.
> > 
> > I guess we'd need some input, either when copying a symlink or when copying
> > a folder containing symlink(s).
> 
> I think by principle of least surprise, we'd better have the same behavior
> as: (in the order of importance IMHO):
> 1. `cp' and `cp -r' command.
> 2. Gnome (Nautilus)
> 3. Windows (Explorer)
> IIRC, of the 3, only Windows copies link target.

Are you using Wayland btw ?

I dug into the code.
It is a regression in kcoreaddons 593d3343a30e842a2764faec86347510e8183f91
https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kcoreaddons/-/merge_requests/212

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