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7za extracting symlinks as text files on some filesystem #164
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Here is a small test on CephFS:
And the same on a xfs:
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I debugged p7zip, and it turns out that the issue is that https://github.com/jinfeihan57/p7zip/blob/master/CPP/Windows/FileDir.cpp#L862 Why is If I comment this test, then the extraction works just fine. |
I applied this patch to our local build, but I would like to know what unforeseen consequence this may have |
Hi,
I have a .7z file which contains symbolic links. If I extract it on a xfs filesystem, it extracts symlinks correctly. If I extract it on a CephFS filesystem, it saves symlinks as text files which contain the path to their targets, i.e.
CephFS does support symbolic links, so I'm not sure why 7za is not doing the right thing.
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