[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 14545] New: Settings do not follow symlinks

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14545

            Bug ID: 14545
           Summary: Settings do not follow symlinks
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Libxfce4util
           Version: 4.13.2
          Hardware: PC (x86_64)
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: ntd at entidi.it
  Target Milestone: ---

Eventual symlinks under `$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf` are substituted with
regular files. E.g.:

    f=$HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-panel.xml
    mv $f ~ && ln -s $HOME/xfce4-panel.xml $f

After a logout and login cycle, the `xfce4-panel.xml` symlink has been
re-converted into a file. I have seen that happens to other settings as well
(e.g.  to `xfwm4.xml`) so I *think* this behavior is shared across the whole
XFCE4 ecosystem.

Looking around I found bug #10443 that I think exhibits the same issue but on a
different context.

Rationale: I am sharing part of my environment across different distro by using
[homeshick](https://github.com/andsens/homeshick), so directly symlinking XML
files (the ones that I want to share) would be really convenient.

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