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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/build/activation.scm | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/activation.scm b/gnu/build/activation.scm index 03c1d24126..009c1fff0a 100644 --- a/gnu/build/activation.scm +++ b/gnu/build/activation.scm @@ -155,7 +155,14 @@ numeric gid or #f." (let ((target (string-append "/etc/" file)) (source (string-append "/etc/static/" file))) (rm-f target) - (symlink source target))) + + ;; Things such as /etc/sudoers must be regular files, not + ;; symlinks; furthermore, they could be modified behind our + ;; back---e.g., with 'visudo'. Thus, make a copy instead of + ;; symlinking them. + (if (file-is-directory? source) + (symlink source target) + (copy-file source target)))) (scandir etc (lambda (file) (not (member file '("." "..")))) |