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removeDirectoryRecursive should not follow symlinks

It's just, like, a really bad idea. And almost never what you want. (Also, it differs from the behavior of rm -rf). Can we just change the behavior?

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Version 7.11
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component libraries/directory
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