Hello,
The manual says that symlinks in a directory get copied as a files (the target
gets copied), unless 'symlink' or 'linkcopies' is set in the 'copy:' statement.
That manual also says for 'linktype' : "This [linktype] only applies if the
file is linked rather than copied because it matches a pattern set by symlink."
BUT,
1) although I haven't set 'symlink' nor 'linkcopies' in my update.conf (or
anywhere), links do get copied as links (?!)
2) I have to set 'linktype=copy' to obtain the proper/expected behaviour (copy
target not link itself)
3) The order of options seems to matter :
# NOT OK
copy:
# all the content gets copied
$(masterinputs)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs/
define=inputs_changed
recurse=1
owner=root
group=root
mode=700
purge=true # OK BECAUSE $(masterinputs) NOT
NFS MOUNTED
timestamps=preserve
type=binary
ignore=.*
exclude=*.lst
exclude=*~
exclude=#*
linktype=copy # <===== AT THE END : NOT OK
# OK
copy:
# all the content gets copied
$(masterinputs)/inputs dest=$(workdir)/inputs/
linktype=copy # <===== AT THE BEGINNING : OK
define=inputs_changed
recurse=1
owner=root
group=root
mode=700
purge=true # OK BECAUSE $(masterinputs) NOT
NFS MOUNTED
timestamps=preserve
type=binary
ignore=.*
exclude=*.lst
exclude=*~
exclude=#*
Maybe I'm misunderstanding something ?
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