[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #453: Formaline deletes files if lib and src are symlinks

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#453: Formaline deletes files if lib and src are symlinks
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  Reporter:  barry.wardell  |       Owner:     
      Type:  defect         |      Status:  new
  Priority:  major          |   Milestone:     
 Component:  Cactus         |     Version:     
Resolution:                 |    Keywords:     
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Comment (by eschnett):

 Yes, that is the idea. The patch as stop-gap measure, and then trying to
 understand the real cause of the problem and correcting git-add-thorn.pl.

 I do not think that Mac OS allows hard links to directories for regular
 users. With these, one can create directory structures that are not trees,
 which would break many Unix expectations; in particular, one can create
 directory structures disconnected from the root directory and hence
 unreachable. Root can call the "link" syscall (maybe even from the "ln"
 command, possibly with a special option) to do this, but it's highly
 discouraged.

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