From 0b9914e2f524194167373da72b9685e5e21bfca1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Ferrell <51765748+Paul-Ferrell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 13:18:35 -0600
Subject: Fix for license symlinking issue. (#26576)

When a symlink to a license file exists but is broken, the license symlink post-install hook fails
because os.path.exists() checks the existence of the target not the symlink itself.
os.path.lexists() is the proper function to use.
---
 lib/spack/spack/hooks/licensing.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/licensing.py b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/licensing.py
index 8e789d9635..739da8bde6 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/licensing.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/licensing.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def symlink_license(pkg):
             mkdirp(license_dir)
 
         # If example file already exists, overwrite it with a symlink
-        if os.path.exists(link_name):
+        if os.path.lexists(link_name):
             os.remove(link_name)
 
         if os.path.exists(target):
-- 
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