Subject: bug#11912: 24.1; 'M' in Dired on a symlink does not refresh the display

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 23:30:05 -0400

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  > But if the dired buffer was created with ls -L, shouldn't M follow
  > links?

My first thought is that that is right.  But I am not confident of that
conclusion.

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