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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/minstall.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/minstall.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/minstall.py b/mesonbuild/minstall.py index 748f06b..1d72179 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/minstall.py +++ b/mesonbuild/minstall.py @@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ except ImportError: # This is only used for pkexec which is not, so this is fine. main_file = None +symlink_warning = '''Warning: trying to copy a symlink that points to a file. This will copy the file, +but this will be changed in a future version of Meson to copy the symlink as is. Please update your +build definitions so that it will not break when the change happens.''' + selinux_updates = [] def buildparser(): @@ -242,7 +246,15 @@ class Installer: os.remove(to_file) print('Installing %s to %s' % (from_file, outdir)) if os.path.islink(from_file): - shutil.copy(from_file, outdir, follow_symlinks=False) + if not os.path.exists(from_file): + # Dangling symlink. Replicate as is. + shutil.copy(from_file, outdir, follow_symlinks=False) + else: + # Remove this entire branch when changing the behaviour to duplicate + # symlinks rather than copying what they point to. + print(symlink_warning) + shutil.copyfile(from_file, to_file) + shutil.copystat(from_file, to_file) else: shutil.copyfile(from_file, to_file) shutil.copystat(from_file, to_file) |