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nix: don't require ln to build libstore #14803

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48 changes: 26 additions & 22 deletions src/libstore/meson.build
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Expand Up @@ -39,28 +39,32 @@ deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
]
subdir('nix-meson-build-support/subprojects')

run_command(
'ln',
'-s',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_link_target',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
# native doesn't allow dangling symlinks, which the tests require
env : {'MSYS' : 'winsymlinks:lnk'},
check : true,
)
can_link_symlink = run_command(
'ln',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_hardlink',
check : false,
).returncode() == 0
run_command(
'rm',
'-f',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_hardlink',
check : true,
)
can_link_symlink = false
native_ln = find_program('ln', required : false, native : true)
if native_ln.found()
run_command(
native_ln,
'-s',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_link_target',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
# native doesn't allow dangling symlinks, which the tests require
env : {'MSYS' : 'winsymlinks:lnk'},
check : true,
)
can_link_symlink = run_command(
native_ln,
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_hardlink',
check : false,
).returncode() == 0
run_command(
'rm',
'-f',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_symlink',
meson.project_build_root() / '__nothing_hardlink',
check : true,
)
endif
summary('can hardlink to symlink', can_link_symlink, bool_yn : true)
configdata_priv.set('CAN_LINK_SYMLINK', can_link_symlink.to_int())

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