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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773839 Title: zip compressed archives ignore/hide symlinks To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1773839/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs