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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py index 10616adfe8..69aacaf9f0 100644 --- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py +++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py @@ -30,9 +30,15 @@ def symlink(real_path, link_path): try: # Try to use junctions _win32_junction(real_path, link_path) - except OSError: - # If all else fails, fall back to copying files - shutil.copyfile(real_path, link_path) + except OSError as e: + if e.errno == errno.EEXIST: + # EEXIST error indicates that file we're trying to "link" + # is already present, don't bother trying to copy which will also fail + # just raise + raise + else: + # If all else fails, fall back to copying files + shutil.copyfile(real_path, link_path) def islink(path): |