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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+    git annex fsck --from $remote
+
+copies the symlinks from the remote into *.git/annex/tmp*, which then fail to fsck as they don't point to content.
+
+In the transcript below, the 'a' file should fail fsck, but the rest pass.
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+See transcript
+
+### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
+
+* git-annex version: 5.20150409-g3575ee5
+* Arch Linux (git-annex-bin)
+
+### Please provide any additional information below.
+
+    ## git init origin
+    ## cd corrupt/
+    ## git annex init corrupt
+    ## echo a > a.txt
+    ## echo b > b.txt
+    ## echo c > c.txt
+
+    ## git annex add .
+    add a.txt ok
+    add b.txt ok
+    add c.txt ok
+    (recording state in git...)
+
+    ## git commit -m "add files"
+    [master (root-commit) 1d670a5] add files
+     3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
+     create mode 120000 a.txt
+     create mode 120000 b.txt
+     create mode 120000 c.txt
+
+("corrupting" a file not needed but here for completeness)
+
+    ## chmod +w .git/annex/objects/41/pJ/SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt/
+    ## echo 'd' > .git/annex/objects/41/pJ/SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt/SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt
+
+    ## cd ..
+
+    ## git clone corrupt/ recovery/
+    Cloning into 'recovery'...
+    done.
+
+    ## cd recovery/
+
+    ## git annex init recovery
+    init recovery (merging origin/git-annex into git-annex...)
+    (recording state in git...)
+    ok
+    (recording state in git...)
+
+    ## git annex fsck --from origin
+    fsck a.txt 
+    git-annex: .git/annex/tmp/fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt: getFileStatus: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+    failed
+    fsck b.txt 
+    git-annex: .git/annex/tmp/fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--0263829989b6fd954f72baaf2fc64bc2e2f01d692d4de72986ea808f6e99813f.txt: getFileStatus: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+    failed
+    fsck c.txt 
+    git-annex: .git/annex/tmp/fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--a3a5e715f0cc574a73c3f9bebb6bc24f32ffd5b67b387244c2c909da779a1478.txt: getFileStatus: does not exist (No such file or directory)
+    failed
+    (recording state in git...)
+    git-annex: fsck: 3 failed
+
+    ## ls -lah .git/annex/tmp/
+    total 20K
+    drwxr-xr-x 2 gemma users 4.0K Apr 18 17:27 ..
+    drwxr-xr-x 5 gemma users 4.0K Apr 18 17:27 ..
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 gemma users  197 Apr 18 17:27 fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--0263829989b6fd954f72baaf2fc64bc2e2f01d692d4de72986ea808f6e99813f.txt -> ../corrupt/.git/annex/objects/x7/01/SHA256E-s2--0263829989b6fd954f72baaf2fc64bc2e2f01d692d4de72986ea808f6e99813f.txt/SHA256E-s2--0263829989b6fd954f72baaf2fc64bc2e2f01d692d4de72986ea808f6e99813f.txt
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 gemma users  197 Apr 18 17:27 fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt -> ../corrupt/.git/annex/objects/41/pJ/SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt/SHA256E-s2--87428fc522803d31065e7bce3cf03fe475096631e5e07bbd7a0fde60c4cf25c7.txt
+    lrwxrwxrwx 1 gemma users  197 Apr 18 17:27 fsck24477.SHA256E-s2--a3a5e715f0cc574a73c3f9bebb6bc24f32ffd5b67b387244c2c909da779a1478.txt -> ../corrupt/.git/annex/objects/Vw/zz/SHA256E-s2--a3a5e715f0cc574a73c3f9bebb6bc24f32ffd5b67b387244c2c909da779a1478.txt/SHA256E-s2--a3a5e715f0cc574a73c3f9bebb6bc24f32ffd5b67b387244c2c909da779a1478.txt