Does virt-edit honers absolute symlink?

Issue

• Is there any problem in editing file which has symlink through virt-edit ?
• When editing symlinks using virt-edit on a kvm guest, symlinks are deleted and a copy of the file put in its place.

For example, system starts out with:

/etc/grub.conf -> ../boot/grub/grub.conf

After performing a virt-edit on the guest, the /etc/grub.conf file is no longer a symlink, but a copy of /boot/grub/grub.conf with the changes made during the virt-edit is put in its place.

• How to prevent deleting symlink when using virt-edit.