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-rw-r--r--lib/spack/llnl/util/link_tree.py19
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/link_tree.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/link_tree.py
index 34a119f570..940526dd5c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/link_tree.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/link_tree.py
@@ -66,8 +66,14 @@ class LinkTree(object):
def merge(self, dest_root, **kwargs):
"""Link all files in src into dest, creating directories
- if necessary."""
+ if necessary.
+ If ignore_conflicts is True, do not break when the target exists but
+ rather return a list of files that could not be linked.
+ Note that files blocking directories will still cause an error.
+ """
kwargs['order'] = 'pre'
+ ignore_conflicts = kwargs.get("ignore_conflicts", False)
+ existing = []
for src, dest in traverse_tree(self._root, dest_root, **kwargs):
if os.path.isdir(src):
if not os.path.exists(dest):
@@ -83,8 +89,15 @@ class LinkTree(object):
touch(marker)
else:
- assert(not os.path.exists(dest))
- os.symlink(src, dest)
+ if os.path.exists(dest):
+ if ignore_conflicts:
+ existing.append(src)
+ else:
+ raise AssertionError("File already exists: %s" % dest)
+ else:
+ os.symlink(src, dest)
+ if ignore_conflicts:
+ return existing
def unmerge(self, dest_root, **kwargs):
"""Unlink all files in dest that exist in src.