wsl does not respect Windows-side symlinks #5701

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Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22635.3130]

WSL Version

WSL-Version: 2.1.1.0 Kernelversion: 5.15.146.1-2 WSLg-Version: 1.0.60 MSRDC-Version: 1.2.5105 Direct3D-Version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp Windows-Version: 10.0.22635.3130

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

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Other Software

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Repro Steps

See #5701

Expected Behavior

See #5701

Actual Behavior

See #5701

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