Public bug reported:
When opening zip compressed archives that contain symlinks to files in the same
folder/archive, the symlinks are
1. not shown in file-roller/Archive Manager
2. not extracted upon archive extraction
This only happens with zip archives. *.tar.xz archives show the symlinks
and will be extracted as expected.
A possible workaround is to select "Extract here" from the archive's context
menu (right-click in Nautilus/Files) which restores the symlinks as expected.
However without prior knowledge of this behavior this can cause major problems
when extracting archives such as binary development libraries whose
build/linking process relies on the correct symlinks being present.
Platform:
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release: 18.04
Package Version: file-roller:
Installed: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I have attached a zip archive containing a folder with an empty file and
a symlink towards that file.
** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "A zip archive with a file and a symlink to that file
(symlink won't show up in file-roller)"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773839/+attachment/5145664/+files/archive_with_symlinks_test.zip
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773839
Title:
zip compressed archives ignore/hide symlinks
Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
When opening zip compressed archives that contain symlinks to files in the
same folder/archive, the symlinks are
1. not shown in file-roller/Archive Manager
2. not extracted upon archive extraction
This only happens with zip archives. *.tar.xz archives show the
symlinks and will be extracted as expected.
A possible workaround is to select "Extract here" from the archive's context
menu (right-click in Nautilus/Files) which restores the symlinks as expected.
However without prior knowledge of this behavior this can cause major
problems when extracting archives such as binary development libraries whose
build/linking process relies on the correct symlinks being present.
Platform:
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release: 18.04
Package Version: file-roller:
Installed: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.28.0-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.28.0-1ubuntu1 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I have attached a zip archive containing a folder with an empty file
and a symlink towards that file.
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