The deployer tool does not handle symlinks correctly, fails silently.

[andrewhowdencom]

Preconditions

1. 2.1.7
2. php7.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Clone an existing site, having previously been installed and committed to vcs, but without the vendored dependencies.
2. rm -rf media, and create a symlink that points to /tmp/thisdoesnotexist
3. Try and install the application

Expected result

1. The application install fails critically

Actual result

1. The application install appears to succeed, but the files boostrap.php etc. are missing.

See the following stack overflow post for further details. https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/177924/magenta-2-1-5-composer-install-fails-to-generate-all-files/184666#184666

[magento-engcom-team]

@andrewhowdencom, thank you for your report.
We were not able to reproduce this issue by following the steps you provided. Please provide more detailed steps to reproduce.

[andrewhowdencom]

Edit: I have removed my initial and unfair reply. I'm sorry for it's venom.

To assist me in helping you debug this, can you please articulate the steps you took to correct the issue? In particular, I have noted the problem in some detail here:

https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/177924/magento-2-1-5-composer-install-fails-to-generate-all-files/184666#184666?

Can you reiterate the steps that you followed in line with the above article?

@andrewhowdencom, we were not able to reproduce this issue by following the steps you provided. Please provide more detailed steps to reproduce.

[andrewhowdencom]

Hola @engcom-backlog-pb this is a particularly expensive issue to debug, and I don't have any reason to do it at the minute. Can you clarify the exact steps that you attempted, as asked before?

Cheers,

@andrewhowdencom

1. Clone magento 2 from repository.
2. cd pub
3. rm -rf media
4. ln -s /tmp/thisdoesnotexist/media
5. Install the application

[andrewhowdencom]

Install the application

By this I guess you mean composer install?

@andrewhowdencom
No, install through command line.