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authorAndrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>2022-04-07 11:22:48 +0300
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-04-10 00:17:40 +0200
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home: symlink-manager: Use no-follow version of file-exists?.
* gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm (update-symlinks-script): Use no-follow version of file-exists?. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm')
-rw-r--r--gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
index 24d21bfad3..5b85a0e581 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target path."
;; such as "config/fontconfig/fonts.conf" or "bashrc".
(string-append home-directory "/" (preprocess-file file)))
+ (define (no-follow-file-exists? file)
+ "Return #t if file exists, even if it's a dangling symlink."
+ (->bool (false-if-exception (lstat file))))
+
(define (symlink-to-store? file)
(catch 'system-error
(lambda ()
@@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target path."
(const #t)
(lambda (file stat _) ;leaf
(let ((file (target-file (strip file))))
- (when (file-exists? file)
+ (when (no-follow-file-exists? file)
;; DO NOT remove the file if it is no longer a symlink to
;; the store, it will be backed up later during
;; create-symlinks phase.
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target path."
(lambda (file stat result) ;leaf
(let ((source (source-file (strip file)))
(target (target-file (strip file))))
- (when (file-exists? target)
+ (when (no-follow-file-exists? target)
(backup-file (strip file)))
(format #t (G_ "Symlinking ~a -> ~a...")
target source)
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target path."
(lambda (directory stat result) ;down
(unless (string=? directory config-file-directory)
(let ((target (target-file (strip directory))))
- (when (and (file-exists? target)
+ (when (and (no-follow-file-exists? target)
(not (file-is-directory? target)))
(backup-file (strip directory)))