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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py index 0095e3fd21..f6c8d161d7 100644 --- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py +++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py @@ -917,10 +917,8 @@ def remove_if_dead_link(path): Parameters: path (str): The potential dead link """ - if os.path.islink(path): - real_path = os.path.realpath(path) - if not os.path.exists(real_path): - os.unlink(path) + if os.path.islink(path) and not os.path.exists(path): + os.unlink(path) def remove_linked_tree(path): |