SUMMARY After unpacking a zip file with symlinks using Ark, the symlinks appear as regular files and don't point anywhere. While disabling libzip plugin in Ark settings is a temporary workaround, rightclicking zip file in Dolphin and choosing any of the extract options forces archive to be decompressed with libzip, even though libzip is disabled in settings. This is linked to bug 415723. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Repeat steps from bug 415723 . 2. Go to Ark Settings, disable libzip plugin. 3. Extract archive using Ark's GUI extract option. Notice that symlink is linked correctly 4. Remove extracted files and close Ark. 5. Extract the same archive rightclicking it in dolphin -> Extract -> any of the options OBSERVED RESULT Symlinks are not created correctly. Additionaly, monitoring dolphin's process with strace produces lines mentioning "Ark.libzip" despite libzip plugin being disabled. EXPECTED RESULT Symlinks are to be created correctly and libzip should not be used. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.2.8-arch1-1 (64bit) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(In reply to Blazej S from comment #0) > SUMMARY > After unpacking a zip file with symlinks using Ark, the symlinks appear as > regular files and don't point anywhere. > While disabling libzip plugin in Ark settings is a temporary workaround, > rightclicking zip file in Dolphin and choosing any of the extract options > forces archive to be decompressed with libzip, even though libzip is > disabled in settings. > This is linked to bug 415723. > > STEPS TO REPRODUCE > 1. Repeat steps from bug 415723 . > 2. Go to Ark Settings, disable libzip plugin. > 3. Extract archive using Ark's GUI extract option. Notice that symlink is > linked correctly > 4. Remove extracted files and close Ark. > 5. Extract the same archive rightclicking it in dolphin -> Extract -> any of > the options > > OBSERVED RESULT > Symlinks are not created correctly. Additionaly, monitoring dolphin's > process with strace produces lines mentioning "Ark.libzip" despite libzip > plugin being disabled. > > EXPECTED RESULT > Symlinks are to be created correctly and libzip should not be used. > > SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS > Linux/KDE Plasma: 6.2.8-arch1-1 (64bit) > KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.3 > KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0 > Qt Version: 5.15.8 > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Turns out you have to close all dolphin sessions for the changes to take effect, so false alarm. Anyway, shouldn't this be mentioned in some kind of FAQ for Ark or its wiki page?