SVN can't delete relative symlinks

[mythtv-dev (at) dwilga-linux1.amherst.edu]

Myth is failing to resolve relative symlinks.

In my setup, I have my recordings stored in /media/record, and an NFS-mounted folder at /media/nfs to move them to when the main HD becomes to full. I create symlinks like:

something.nuv -> ../nfs/something.nuv

Here's the output of 'mythbackend -v file':

2006-08-11 08:17:22.991 About to unlink/delete file: '/media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv' 2006-08-11 08:17:22.999 Error deleting '../nfs/3332_20060518165900.nuv' could not open

eno: No such file or directory (2)

2006-08-11 08:17:23.006 Delete Error '/media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv' -> '../nfs/3332_20060518165900.nuv'

eno: No such file or directory (2)

2006-08-11 08:17:23.015 Error deleting file: /media/record/3332_20060518165900.nuv. Keeping metadata in database.

This suggests that Myth is trying to delete the file using ".." in the path, which is incorrect because mythbackend was not started in /media/record. To confirm this theory, I stopped mythbackend, cd'd to /media/record, restarted it, and then deleted the recording. It worked.

[cpinkham]

When this is fixed it will only be fixed for relative links in subdirs, not for ../ type links pointing to other directory trees. This will probably be done at the same time as #2228 is put into SVN. For more info on why, read #2228.

[cpinkham]

(In [11238]) Allow the 'Delete Follows Symlinks' code to follow relative symlinks.

Closes #2211.

[cpinkham]

At some point this may be changed to follow only symlinks that point below the Recording Directory, but this has not been implemented right now as part of this fix.