[Bug 557774] Re: fdupes follows symlink even when command line parameter *_not_* given

[dino99]

There is no support on such deprecated version; that one has died long
time ago.

** Changed in: fdupes (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  fdupes follows symlink even when command line parameter *_not_* given

Status in fdupes package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: fdupes

  I ran fdupes from my home directory with the command:  fdupes -dr *

  According to the manpage and the --help summary, the application
  should not have followed symlinks, However, it did and asked me to
  resolve over 600 duplications in /usr/share/doc, to which I had
  symlinked with a ~/doc entry.

  bruce at Xenophon:~$ ls -l
  total 52
  drwxr-x---  8 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-07 22:10 bin/
  drwxr-x---  3 bruce bruce 12288 2010-04-07 22:08 configs/
  drwxr-xr-x  2 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-06 17:00 Desktop/
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 bruce bruce    14 2010-04-06 14:16 doc -> /usr/share/doc/
  drwxr-x--- 37 bruce bruce 12288 2010-04-07 22:21 Documents/
  drwxr-xr-x  2 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-07 18:18 downloads/
  drwxr-xr-x  2 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-06 14:39 mergeddocs/
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 bruce bruce    18 2010-04-06 14:15 music -> /media/stor/music//
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 bruce bruce    15 2010-04-06 14:15 pendrive -> /media/KINGSTON/
  lrwxrwxrwx  1 bruce bruce    19 2010-04-06 14:15 pendriveblue -> /media/KINGSTON-new/
  drwxr-x---  2 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-07 22:07 scratch/
  drwxr-xr-x  3 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-06 20:12 SoftMaker/
  drwxr-xr-x  2 bruce bruce  4096 2010-04-06 16:55 Templates/
  bruce at Xenophon:~$

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: fdupes 1.50-PR2-2build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Apr  7 22:26:20 2010
  InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: fdupes

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