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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/activation.scm13
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm
index 9c58370ec3..6c0d603ddf 100644
--- a/gnu/build/activation.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm
@@ -353,24 +353,13 @@ they already exist."
;; Place where setuid programs are stored.
"/run/setuid-programs")
-(define (link-or-copy source target)
- "Attempt to make TARGET a hard link to SOURCE; if it fails, fall back to
-copy SOURCE to TARGET."
- (catch 'system-error
- (lambda ()
- (link source target))
- (lambda args
- ;; Perhaps SOURCE and TARGET live in a different file system, so copy
- ;; SOURCE.
- (copy-file source target))))
-
(define (activate-setuid-programs programs)
"Turn PROGRAMS, a list of file names, into setuid programs stored under
%SETUID-DIRECTORY."
(define (make-setuid-program prog)
(let ((target (string-append %setuid-directory
"/" (basename prog))))
- (link-or-copy prog target)
+ (copy-file prog target)
(chown target 0 0)
(chmod target #o6555)))