[git-buildpackage] PATCH: buildpackage-rpm: packaging: no symlink to other dirs [was: Re: [PATCH] Add --git-packaging-exclude to gbp buildpackage-rpm]

Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir at cohens.org.il
Tue Mar 15 13:42:53 CET 2016


On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:34:19AM +0100, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> The patch is indeed too agressive, but the problem is that copying all
> the top-level files in the tree may fail if one of them is a symlink to
> somewhere below in the tree.
> 
> Note that symlink is readable. It's not a dandling symlink. However the
> copying of the packaging files only copies the top-level files.

Sorry for the delay. Attached a more direct fix for the issue: when
copying packaging files, skip symlinks to any files that are not in hte
same directory.

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