Public bug reported:
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System ->
About Ubuntu
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or
by checking in Software Center
3.4.1-0ubuntu1
3) What you expected to happen
Detect the presence of symbolic link and omit directories under the link
4) What happened instead
Scans directories under the symbolic link, which is in reference to the
directory above the symbolic link, and continue scanning without completion.
Case in which bug was discovered:
When scanning an NTFS drive with Windows 7 installed, the
Users\System\AppData\Local\ directory contains a symlink called "Application
Data" back to the Users\System\AppData\Local\ directory. This is used to
maintain legacy support for older programs that require the Application Data
folder. However, when Baobab reaches this point, it assumes that this continues
to an infinite depth, and never completes the scan.
Workaround:
Omit scanning of the directory that is known to contain such links.
** Affects: baobab (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997391
Title:
Symbolic links can create recursive loop that causes Baobab to never
finish scanning
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