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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/build/activation.scm | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm index 362669cbf9..d17bb7943f 100644 --- a/gnu/build/activation.scm +++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm @@ -175,19 +175,24 @@ numeric gid or #f." ;; Place where setuid programs are stored. "/run/setuid-programs") +(define (link-or-copy source target) + "Attempt to make TARGET a hard link to SOURCE; if it fails, fall back to +copy SOURCE to TARGET." + (catch 'system-error + (lambda () + (link source target)) + (lambda args + ;; Perhaps SOURCE and TARGET live in a different file system, so copy + ;; SOURCE. + (copy-file source target)))) + (define (activate-setuid-programs programs) "Turn PROGRAMS, a list of file names, into setuid programs stored under %SETUID-DIRECTORY." (define (make-setuid-program prog) (let ((target (string-append %setuid-directory "/" (basename prog)))) - (catch 'system-error - (lambda () - (link prog target)) - (lambda args - ;; Perhaps PROG and TARGET live in a different file system, so copy - ;; PROG. - (copy-file prog target))) + (link-or-copy prog target) (chown target 0 0) (chmod target #o6555))) |