[PR #8652/b0536ae6 backport][3.11] Do not follow symlinks for compressed file variants

[patchback]

This is a backport of PR #8652 as merged into master (b0536ae).

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 97.71%. Comparing base (0de1c26) to head (1a96492).
Report is 537 commits behind head on 3.11.

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  Lines       33898    33922   +24     
  Branches     4035     4036    +1     
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+ Hits        33121    33146   +25     
  Misses        579      579           
+ Partials      198      197    -1     

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VM-macos	96.96% <100.00%> (+0.01%)	⬆️
VM-ubuntu	97.29% <100.00%> (+<0.01%)	⬆️
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