Catch symlink failure on Windows (open-mmlab#6482)

* Catch symlink failure on Windows Signed-off-by: del-zhenwu <[email protected]> * Set copy mode on Windows Signed-off-by: del-zhenwu <[email protected]> * Fix lint Signed-off-by: del-zhenwu <[email protected]> * Fix logic error Signed-off-by: del-zhenwu <[email protected]>
ZwwWayne · Jul 18, 2022 · 5ada1bc · 5ada1bc
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 import os
 import os.path as osp
+import platform
 import shutil
 import sys
 import warnings
@@ -141,7 +142,11 @@ def add_mim_extension():
     # parse installment mode
     if 'develop' in sys.argv:
         # installed by `pip install -e .`
-        mode = 'symlink'
+        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+            # set `copy` mode here since symlink fails on Windows.
+            mode = 'copy'
+        else:
+            mode = 'symlink'
     elif 'sdist' in sys.argv or 'bdist_wheel' in sys.argv:
         # installed by `pip install .`
         # or create source distribution by `python setup.py sdist`