On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 11:31:42 +0000, Or Ozeri wrote: > -----"Peter Krempa" <[1]pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ----- > >> diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > >b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > >> deleted file mode 120000 > >> index ea9eb267ac..0000000000 > >> --- a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > >> +++ /dev/null > >> @@ -1 +0,0 @@ > >> -../qemuxml2argvdata/disk-nvme.xml > > > >Files that were originally symlinks ... > > > >> \ No newline at end of file > >> diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > >b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > >> new file mode 100644 > >> index 0000000000..9a5fafce7d > >> --- /dev/null > >> +++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme.xml > > > >... must not be expanded to full files. That is a drawback of using > >sed > >-i to do the conversion. > Should I create a new file > e.g. tests/qemuxml2xmloutdata/disk-nvme-content.xml > and point the disk-nvme.xml symlink to it? No just keep symlinks as symlinks. You are not changing anything that would warant a change to full output file. Namely if the output file is a symlink to the input file, then the change to the input file should be sufficient as the output file is the same one.