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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-45344

Qt doesn't treat junction points as symlinks.

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      On Windows, junction points are not considered to be symlinks. This caused users of MSYS2 (which uses the Qt Installer Framework) to lose files from their %USERPROFILE% folder (which they'd junctioned to from their MSYS2 home folder) during uninstallation since removal of the installation folder would cause the target of junction points to also be deleted.

      I also had to make a subsequent change to Qt IFW for this which I will submit for review later.

      An old bug about this issue is QTBUG-20431

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-20431 QFileInfo::isSymLink() broken for NTFS mount point folders

          • P0: Blocker - MUST be fixed ASAP. This includes issues that prevent/block further Qt development; Legal issues & Serious data loss issues.
          • Closed

          User Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. QTBUG-44639 Support real symbolic links on Windows

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Blocked

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-93869 Implement QFileInfo::junctionTarget(), QFile::junctionTarget()

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed
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          User Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. QTBUG-75869 Make Qt aware of symlinks, junctions, and shortcuts on Windows

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed
          For Gerrit Dashboard: QTBUG-45344
          # Subject Branch Project Status CR V
          113019,7 Windows: Read the links for a junction correctly 5.6 qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED 0 0
          261124,2 win32: make QFileInfo::canonicalPath able to resolve Reparse Points dev qt/qtbase Status: ABANDONED 0 0

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              vhilshei Volker Hilsheimer
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