#25346: collectstatic --clear doesn't delete broken symlinks from the
STATIC_ROOT
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Reporter: ezheidtmann | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: contrib.staticfiles | Version: 1.8
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by ezheidtmann):
* needs_docs: => 0
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_better_patch: => 0
Old description:
> In my STATIC_ROOT, I have a directory containing some broken symlinks.
>
> I run ./manage.py collectstatic -l -c
>
> I see "Deleting '...'" for each of the broken symlinks, and no
> corresponding "Linking '...'" lines. I would expect the broken symlinks
> to be gone. But they still exist.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> {{{
> ln -s asdfasd_something_that_doesnt_exist_fasdfasdf
> $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
> ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
> ./manage.py collectstatic -l -c --noinput | grep broken_symlink
> ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
> }}}
>
> How could the broken symlinks get there in the first place? I'm using
> collectstatic -l and I deleted the original static files from my app.
>
> (Why do I care? Because this causes real trouble when used with
> WhiteNoise, because it can't find the original file and fails to start)
New description:
In my STATIC_ROOT, I have a directory containing some broken symlinks.
I run ./manage.py collectstatic -l -c
I see "Deleting '...'" for each of the broken symlinks, and no
corresponding "Linking '...'" lines. I would expect the broken symlinks to
be gone. But they still exist.
Steps to reproduce:
{{{
ln -s asdfasd_something_that_doesnt_exist_fasdfasdf
$STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
./manage.py collectstatic -l -c --noinput | grep broken_symlink
ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
}}}
How could the broken symlinks get there in the first place? Answer: I'm
using collectstatic -l and I deleted the original static files from my
app, so the symlinks made last time still exist.
(Why do I care? Answer: this causes real trouble when used with
WhiteNoise, because it can't find the original file and fails to start)
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