On macOS nfpm cannot read symlinks about nfpm HOT 7 CLOSED

On linux actually the symlink is followed and the real file is copied directly.

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I could not reproduce this behaviour on my MacBook running Catalina. However, I created a pull requests with tests as starting point for further investigation.

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closed by mistake

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@nhooyr Symlink handling changed quite a bit in nfpm since you opened this issue.

• Symlinks in files: Symlinks in files followed and the actual file is copied to the destination. As far as I am aware and according to my own tests, this also works the same way on macOS (I traced the file read operation up to the final syscall on macOS which should work the same as on Linux). As a result, files should not be used if you want an actual symlink in the package.
• Symlinks in symlinks: In symlinks, you can define src: dst mappings which will create symlinks inside the package. Both src and dst are paths in the package's root filesystem. Thus there is no need to "read" a symlink from disk on the build host and as a result, this method is build operating system agnostic.

Do you still encounter an issue with macOS? If not, can this issue be closed?

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Yea this was likely fixed. If I encounter it again, I'll reopen!

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Nice, thanks everyone!

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