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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/scripts/system.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/scripts/system.scm | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/scripts/system.scm b/guix/scripts/system.scm index f7c9d83e9a..aa9b3f838a 100644 --- a/guix/scripts/system.scm +++ b/guix/scripts/system.scm @@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ (let ((dest (string-append target item)) (state (string-append target "/var/guix"))) (format log-port "copying '~a'...~%" item) + + ;; Remove DEST if it exists to make sure that (1) we do not fail badly + ;; while trying to overwrite it (see <http://bugs.gnu.org/20722>), and + ;; (2) we end up with the right contents. + (when (file-exists? dest) + (delete-file-recursively dest)) + (copy-recursively item dest #:log (%make-void-port "w")) |