From: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:39:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Use lexists for symlink target checks.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.0_alpha167~30
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8cfe2dc28e02a9cdd739a83db4ed871a31468114;p=portage.git

Use lexists for symlink target checks.
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diff --git a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
index 95b67dd37..d011c33b3 100644
--- a/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
+++ b/pym/portage/dbapi/vartree.py
@@ -4484,7 +4484,10 @@ class dblink(object):
 					pass
 
 				if mymtime != None:
-					if not os.path.exists(myrealto) and not os.path.exists(join(srcroot, myabsto)):
+					# Use lexists, since if the target happens to be a broken
+					# symlink then that should trigger an independent warning.
+					if not (os.path.lexists(myrealto) or
+						os.path.lexists(join(srcroot, myabsto))):
 						self._eqawarn('preinst',
 							[_("QA Notice: Symbolic link /%s points to /%s which does not exist.")
 							% (relative_path, myabsto)])