Use os.lstat in findall to correctly detect symlinked directories#260
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Summary
Manifest.findall()usesos.stat()which follows symlinks, making theS_ISLNK(mode)check dead code — symlinked directories are always traversed.Problem
os.stat()follows symbolic links, sostat.st_modealways reflects the target of the symlink, never the symlink itself.S_ISLNK(mode)can only returnTruewhen the mode comes fromos.lstat(), which returns info about the link itself.As a result, symlinked directories are always added to the traversal stack. With circular symlinks (e.g. a directory that symlinks to a parent), this leads to infinite recursion.
Fix
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os.lstat()instead ofos.stat()so thatS_ISLNK(mode)works as intended.