Opened 20 months ago
Closed 20 months ago
#27589 closed defect (duplicate)
uninstall.py should always remove symbolic links
| Reported by: | dimpase | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | sage-duplicate/invalid/wontfix |
| Component: | build | Keywords: | |
| Cc: | embray, jhpalmieri | Merged in: | |
| Authors: | Reviewers: | ||
| Report Upstream: | N/A | Work issues: | |
| Branch: | Commit: | ||
| Dependencies: | Stopgaps: |
Description
On OSX 10.14 I see a weird behaviour of uninstall.py: sometimes it leaves symbolic links to libraries unremoved, and then the re-install of a package fails, as these links cannot be overwritten.
I gather this might be due to os.path.exists() returning False on existing, but broken, symbolic links (and they can become broken if files they point to are removed first).
I am experimenting with os.path.exists() or os.path.lexists() test for existence in build/sage_bootstrap/uninstall.py - this should return True on broken links too.
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 20 months ago by
comment:2 Changed 20 months ago by
it is. Somehow I ended up on a branch without that ticket...
comment:3 Changed 20 months ago by
- Milestone changed from sage-8.8 to sage-duplicate/invalid/wontfix
- Status changed from new to needs_review
comment:4 Changed 20 months ago by
- Status changed from needs_review to positive_review
comment:5 Changed 20 months ago by
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Status changed from positive_review to closed
It was only merged by Volker 4 days ago so it's not too surprising you missed it. At least this adds further confirmation of the issue and its solution.
Is this a duplicate of #27544?