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commit 4b9b223bff65645b61666df48c12fd1a4f735b0f
Author: Nicolas Graves <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Dec 14 12:38:14 2024 +0100
gnu: home: Replace rename in update-symlinks scripts.
* gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm (update-symlinks): Use
copy-file and delete-file instead of rename-file to avoid an error
when the target and backup are not in the same filesystem.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
---
gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
index 560e03a839..d7b22d7fba 100644
--- a/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
+++ b/gnu/home/services/symlink-manager.scm
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ subdirectory from XDG_CONFIG_HOME to generate a target
path."
(mkdir-p backup-directory)
(format #t (G_ "Backing up ~a...") (target-file file))
(mkdir-p (dirname backup))
- (rename-file (target-file file) backup)
+ (copy-file (target-file file) backup)
+ (delete-file (target-file file))
(display (G_ " done\n")))
(define (cleanup-symlinks home-generation)
