[Bug 47971] New: Wine "updates" virtual device symlinks by overwriting them

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47971

Bug ID: 47971
           Summary: Wine "updates" virtual device symlinks by overwriting
                    them
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
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For some reason, for many years now, Wine updates the symlinks of the logical
drives everytime it detects a version change of itself. This means, your
carefully crafted symlinks get lost and the program started doesn't find its
data. You have to quit, renew the symlinks and start over. Sometimes, you even
have to clean up the destination directories Wine chose, because the clutter
doesn't belong there.

Wine should leave symlinks alone, except in the case they're "dangling" i.e.
the destination they point to doesn't exist.