[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28441: Errant activation hook with symlinked plugins in WordPress 3.9.x

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#28441: Errant activation hook with symlinked plugins in WordPress 3.9.x
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 Reporter:  clifgriffin   |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 It seems there is still a scenario where symlinked plugins do not work
 seamlessly in WordPress 3.9.1.

 Here is my setup:

 Plugin location on disk:
 /Users/me/Dropbox/Development/Repositories/shopp-arrange/trunk

 Symlinked location:
 /Applications/MAMP/htdocs_test/wp-content/plugins/trunk

 When running ls in the plugins directory, it returns this in terminal:
 trunk -> /Users/me/Dropbox/Development/Repositories/shopp-arrange/trunk/

 Additionally, `$wp_plugin_paths` contains the following entry:
  [/Applications/MAMP/htdocs_test/wp-content/plugins/trunk] =>
 /Users/me/Dropbox/Development/Repositories/shopp-arrange/trunk

 Which looks exactly right.  `wp_register_plugin_realpath` seems to be
 doing its job.

 The issue is that my activation hook isn't running.  I finally decided to
 look at the actions queue and see what's registered there. I found:

 {{{
 [activate_shopp-arrange/trunk/shopp-arrange.php] => Array
         (
             [10] => Array
                 (
                     [000000002f54486c000000013e83cf29activate] => Array
                         (
                             [function] => Array
                                 (
                                     [0] => ShoppArrange Object
                                         (
                                             [table_name] =>
 wp_cgd_term_order
                                             [prefix] => shopp_arrange
                                             [settings] =>
                                         )

                                     [1] => activate
                                 )

                             [accepted_args] => 1
                         )

                 )

         )
 }}}


 This does not look correct at all.

 After spending a couple of hours looking at this, I decided to temporarily
 give up the search and report the issue.

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