Re: [Stow-devel] Allowing Stow (version 2) to stow absolute links

[Kahlil Hodgson]

Hi Troy,

You would also have to uncomment some code in the unstow_node routine.
I cant remember the rationale off-the-top-of-my-head, but there was 
certainly some issue.  It may have to do with tree-folding and the 
find_stowed_path() function.  Have you tried creating some test cases?
Especially some that involve tree folding?

I think we decided at the time that simply replacing the absolute 
symlink with a relative one in the problematic package solved all the 
problems (it may have been php5).

Does the absolute link point outside of the package tree?  I think that 
may be the problem.  What package are you trying to stow anyway?  I 
think we definitely need some better documentation around this:-)

Kal