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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc17
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 6bf4b3d91..d9f8011b6 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -496,12 +496,21 @@ void createSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
void replaceSymlink(const Path & target, const Path & link)
{
- Path tmp = canonPath(dirOf(link) + "/.new_" + baseNameOf(link));
+ for (unsigned int n = 0; true; n++) {
+ Path tmp = canonPath(fmt("%s/.%d_%s", dirOf(link), n, baseNameOf(link)));
- createSymlink(target, tmp);
+ try {
+ createSymlink(target, tmp);
+ } catch (SysError & e) {
+ if (e.errNo == EEXIST) continue;
+ throw;
+ }
- if (rename(tmp.c_str(), link.c_str()) != 0)
- throw SysError(format("renaming ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % tmp % link);
+ if (rename(tmp.c_str(), link.c_str()) != 0)
+ throw SysError(format("renaming ‘%1%’ to ‘%2%’") % tmp % link);
+
+ break;
+ }
}