vcpkg/ports/qtbase/macdeployqt-symlinks.patch

diff --git a/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp b/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
index 6ff269b..caffd44 100644
--- a/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/macdeployqt/shared/shared.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
+
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QString>
@@ -85,7 +86,21 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (QFile::copy(from, to)) {
+    QFileInfo fromFileInfo(from);
+
+    if (fromFileInfo.isSymLink()) {
+        const QString fromSymLinkTarget = fromFileInfo.absoluteDir().relativeFilePath(fromFileInfo.symLinkTarget());
+        if (QFile::link(fromSymLinkTarget, to)) {
+            return copyFilePrintStatus(fromFileInfo.absoluteDir().absoluteFilePath(fromSymLinkTarget), QFileInfo(to).absoluteDir().absoluteFilePath(fromSymLinkTarget));
+        }
+        else {
+            LogError() << "symlink copy failed from" << from;
+            LogError() << " to" << to;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+    }
+    else if (QFile::copy(from, to)) {
         QFile dest(to);
         dest.setPermissions(dest.permissions() | QFile::WriteOwner | QFile::WriteUser);
         LogNormal() << " copied:" << from;