GNU bug report logs - #19743
'wrap-program' should preserve symbolic links

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Package: guix;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 23:32:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: 19743 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19743: 'wrap-program' should preserve symbolic links
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:41:57 +0100

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
When ‘wrap-program’ is called on a symbolic link, it should preserve its
symboliclinkness instead of copying it.

Ludo’.


[Message part 2 (text/x-patch, inline)]
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index 4407f9a..56f682c 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ the previous wrapper."
     (if (zero? number)
         (let ((prog-real (string-append (dirname prog) "/."
                                         (basename prog) "-real")))
-          (copy-file prog prog-real)
+          (rename-file prog prog-real)
           prog-real)
         (wrapper-file-name number)))
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