Relative symlinks can go into an infinite loop
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mrjefftang commented
OSXAuditor will get stuck in a loop if there are relative symlinks that can cause a loop:
[INFO] /Applications/Papers2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2095.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2094.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2094.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2095.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2095.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2095.app/Contents/SharedSupport/papers_migration2094.app
lrwxr-xr-x 1 jeff admin 22 Dec 20 2013 /Applications/Papers2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Citations.app/Contents/SharedSupport -> ../../../SharedSupport
beeftornado commented
Happens with iDVD.app for me too.
fligi7 commented
Any fixes for this yet? How can I help get this issue addressed and fixed? I can't get a clean run from this tool yet and would really like to test it out.
jipegit commented
Should be fixed. Symbolic links are not followed anymore.