copyPathToStore(): Preserve symlinks (backport #12448) #12453
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E.g. in a derivation attribute `foo = ./bar`, if ./bar is a symlink, we should copy the symlink to the store, not its target. This restores the behaviour of Nix <= 2.19. (cherry picked from commit 26b87e7)
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Motivation
E.g. in a derivation attribute
foo = ./bar, if./baris a symlink, we should copy the symlink to the store, not its target. This restores the behaviour of Nix <= 2.19.Context
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