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| -rw-r--r-- | kconfiglib.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kconfiglib.py b/kconfiglib.py index a376d62..551bca9 100644 --- a/kconfiglib.py +++ b/kconfiglib.py @@ -5870,9 +5870,11 @@ def _save_old(path): basename = "." + basename + ".old" backup = os.path.join(dirname, basename) + # os.replace() would be nice here, but it's Python 3 (3.3+) only try: - # os.replace() would be nice here, but it's Python 3 (3.3+) only - if os.name == "posix": + # Use copyfile() if 'path' is a symlink. The intention is probably to + # overwrite the target in that case. + if os.name == "posix" and not os.path.islink(path): # Will remove .<filename>.old if it already exists on POSIX # systems os.rename(path, backup) |