Bug 224396

Summary:	"Link here" should create relative symlinks instead of absolute ones
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Nicolas Piguet <npiguet>
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Faure <faure>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde-20091112, peter.penz19
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	SVN
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Unspecified
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Description Nicolas Piguet 2010-01-26 22:34:16 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Currently, when moving a file with drag-and-drop in Dolphin and selecting the "link here" option, Dolphin creates absolute symlinks. Relative symlinks are more manageable for a variety of reasons:

- they are mount point independant (important for removable devices or for encrypted partitions that are not always mounted)
- they are resistant to moves (as long as the user moves a common ancestor or the link and the original file)

I do not have any counter examples in mind where an absolute link would be better.

For now a workaround to this is to use 

symlinks -rc .

after having created a bunch of symlinks with the "link here" option.

Comment 1 Peter Penz 2010-01-27 09:30:31 UTC

Thanks for the report, Nicolas.

@David: I've reassigned this to you, as Dolphin uses KonqOperations::doDrop(). I'm not sure whether relative symlinks have drawbacks...

Comment 2 Nathan Shearer 2014-04-25 21:34:08 UTC

If the link method can't be changed from an absolute path to a relative path, then perhaps it could be renamed to "Link Here (Absolute)" and an additional option can be added that is "Link Here (Relative)"

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2014-05-04 17:36:27 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 143527 ***