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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
index 2b71441d4b..56d88e3f6c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/symlink.py
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ def symlink(real_path, link_path):
On Windows, use junctions if os.symlink fails.
"""
- if not is_windows or _win32_can_symlink():
+ if not is_windows:
+ os.symlink(real_path, link_path)
+ elif _win32_can_symlink():
+ # Windows requires target_is_directory=True when the target is a dir.
os.symlink(real_path, link_path, target_is_directory=os.path.isdir(real_path))
else:
try: