Subject: [bug#54180] [PATCH 06/12] home: symlink-manager: Avoid extra 'lstat' call.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:53:36 +0100

* gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm (update-symlinks-script)[symlink-to-store?]:
Avoid extra 'lstat' call.
---
 gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
index 6b3a9de3d1..ba42424e8e 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
@@ -103,8 +103,13 @@ (define (get-backup-path path)
            (string-append backup-dir "/." path))
 
          (define (symlink-to-store? path)
-           (and (equal? (stat:type (lstat path)) 'symlink)
-                (store-file-name? (readlink path))))
+           (catch 'system-error
+             (lambda ()
+               (store-file-name? (readlink path)))
+             (lambda args
+               (if (= EINVAL (system-error-errno args))
+                   #f
+                   (apply throw args)))))
 
          (define (backup-file path)
            (mkdir-p backup-dir)
-- 
2.34.0