Author: bdrewery
Date: Wed Aug 10 18:19:02 2016
New Revision: 303929
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/303929

Log:
  Fix -S with -b not atomically updating the destination file.
  
  With both of these flags, the backup was created via rename(dest, backup)
  followed by rename(tmp, dest).  This left the destination file missing
  for a moment which contradicts the point of -S.
  
  This fixes a race with installworld where PRECIOUSPROG and PRECIOUSLIB
  files (which use -S for installation) would briefly be missing.  In the
  case of installing rtld with parallel installworld it could render an
  error due to not having rtld present to run install/cp in another
  process.
  
  Reported by:  jhb
  Reviewed by:  jhb
  MFC after:    1 week
  Sponsored by: EMC / Isilon Storage Division
  Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7451

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c

Modified: head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c    Wed Aug 10 18:18:51 2016        
(r303928)
+++ head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c    Wed Aug 10 18:19:02 2016        
(r303929)
@@ -892,11 +892,17 @@ install(const char *from_name, const cha
                        }
                        if (verbose)
                                (void)printf("install: %s -> %s\n", to_name, 
backup);
-                       if (rename(to_name, backup) < 0) {
+                       if (unlink(backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
                                serrno = errno;
                                unlink(tempfile);
                                errno = serrno;
-                               err(EX_OSERR, "rename: %s to %s", to_name,
+                               err(EX_OSERR, "unlink: %s", backup);
+                       }
+                       if (link(to_name, backup) < 0) {
+                               serrno = errno;
+                               unlink(tempfile);
+                               errno = serrno;
+                               err(EX_OSERR, "link: %s to %s", to_name,
                                     backup);
                        }
                }
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