Automatically enable symlinks on vboxsf for VirtualBox 4.1 (see hashi…

…corp#713 and 387692f).
Schpidi · Oct 23, 2013 · 889233e · 889233e
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diff --git a/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb b/plugins/providers/virtualbox/driver/version_4_1.rb
@@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ def share_folders(folders)
               "--hostpath",
               folder[:hostpath]]
             args << "--transient" if folder.has_key?(:transient) && folder[:transient]
+
+            # Add the shared folder
             execute("sharedfolder", "add", @uuid, *args)
+
+            # Enable symlinks on the shared folder
+            execute("setextradata", @uuid, "VBoxInternal2/SharedFoldersEnableSymlinksCreate/#{folder[:name]}", "1")
           end
         end