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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/install.scm b/gnu/build/install.scm
index 76536daf49..32fbe8efbc 100644
--- a/gnu/build/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/install.scm
@@ -133,9 +133,19 @@ includes /etc, /var, /run, /bin/sh, etc., and all the symlinks to SYSTEM."
(directives (%store-directory)))
;; Add system generation 1.
- (false-if-exception (delete-file "/var/guix/profiles/system-1-link"))
- (symlink system
- (string-append target "/var/guix/profiles/system-1-link")))
+ (let ((generation-1 (string-append target
+ "/var/guix/profiles/system-1-link")))
+ (let try ()
+ (catch 'system-error
+ (lambda ()
+ (symlink system generation-1))
+ (lambda args
+ ;; If GENERATION-1 already exists, overwrite it.
+ (if (= EEXIST (system-error-errno args))
+ (begin
+ (delete-file generation-1)
+ (try))
+ (apply throw args)))))))
(define (reset-timestamps directory)
"Reset the timestamps of all the files under DIRECTORY, so that they appear