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  1. Hadoop HDFS
  2. HDFS-5294

DistributedFileSystem#getFileLinkStatus should not fully qualify the link target

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 2.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha1
    • None
    • hdfs-client
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    Description

      The NN returns a FileStatus containing the exact link target as specified by the user at creation. However, DistributedFileSystem#getFileLinkStatus explicit overwrites the target with the fully scheme qualified path lookup. This causes multiple issues such as:

      1. Prevents clients from discerning if the target is relative or absolute
      2. Mangles a target that is not intended to be a path
      3. Causes incorrect resolution with multi-layered filesystems - ie. the link should be resolved relative to a higher level fs (ie. viewfs, chroot, filtered, etc)

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          is related to

          Sub-task - The sub-task of the issue HADOOP-9780 Filesystem and FileContext methods that follow symlinks should return unresolved paths

          • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Open
          relates to

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. HADOOP-10019 make symlinks production-ready

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Open

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