By default, or with the -P flag, find(1) should evaluate paths "physically."
For symlinks, this means using the link itself instead of the target.
Historically (since the import of BSD 4.4-lite from CSRG), find(1) has
failed to refer to the link itself, at least for -newer and -samefile.
[0]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/find.html
PR: 222698
Reported by: Harald Schmalzbauer <bugzilla.freebsd AT omnilan.de>
Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon
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