STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Navigate in Dolphin to /var/spool 2. Hover over or select the item called "mail" (this is actually a symbolic link to "../mail") OBSERVED RESULT Status bar says it's a link to "file:///var/spool/mail" (i.e. a link to itself!) EXPECTED RESULT Status bar says it's a link to "file:///var/mail SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: KDE neon 5.25 KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.13.0-51-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 2 × AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics Memory: 7.7 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD CEDAR Manufacturer: NOVATECH LTD Product Name: BB-64004H System Version: V1.0
Probably another manifestation of the same bug: When I right-click on a relative symbolic link and choose "Show Target", it still shows the link. Note: Symbolic links with absolute path are resolved correctly.
*** Bug 465879 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 156404 [details] A screenshot showing status bar v properties
If its any help Konqueror exhibits the same problem
Issue is in KfileItem::StatusBarText
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/-/merge_requests/1237
Git commit 28f94469ac08e0c3aedf541debbcd97901009ed1 by Méven Car. Committed on 20/04/2023 at 09:19. Pushed by meven into branch 'master'. KFileItem StatusBarText: Better resolve relative symlink path M +31 -0 autotests/kfileitemtest.cpp M +6 -3 src/core/kfileitem.cpp https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kio/commit/28f94469ac08e0c3aedf541debbcd97901009ed1
*** Bug 461672 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 464326 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 165034 [details] Shows a folder as being symlinked to itself The correct symlink target should be "Folder, link to /home/alan/snap/pycharm-community/360"
I confirm the same problem on Manjaro/KDE Plasma 5.27.10
Just checked this out again today on most recent openSUSE Tumbleweed updates with Plasma6/Wayland It appears that symlinks to absolute paths are reported correctly but symlinks to relative paths are not Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240327 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.2 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Kernel Version: 6.8.1-1-default (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland