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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by xvector on Saturday August 31, 2019 @08:36AM (#20845936)
It’s a bad idea because you’re adjusting your whole system simply for Dropbox.
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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by acdha on Saturday August 31, 2019 @09:16AM (#20846094)
You’re letting your emotions about Dropbox color this: if you think of Dropbox as a version control system, it’s something with decades of precedent to have symlinks pointing to a checkout.
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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by theaino on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:20AM (#20846414)
No, previously you were relying on a magic Dropbox hack that broke symlinks, whereas now the file system can be used properly and symlinks work like actual symlinks.
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