[PATCH v2] config: do not overwrite symlinks when saving config file

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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH v2] config: do not overwrite symlinks when saving config file\r
+Date: Sun,  3 Mar 2013 11:32:32 +0200\r
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+Use realpath to canonicalize the config path before writing.\r
+\r
+Previously 'notmuch setup' and 'notmuch config set' overwrote the\r
+config file even if it was a symbolic link.\r
+---\r
+ notmuch-config.c |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++----\r
+ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-config.c b/notmuch-config.c\r
+index b5c2066..89bc143 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-config.c\r
++++ b/notmuch-config.c\r
+@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ int\r
+ notmuch_config_save (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
+ {\r
+     size_t length;\r
+-    char *data;\r
++    char *data, *filename;\r
+     GError *error = NULL;\r
+ \r
+     data = g_key_file_to_data (config->key_file, &length, NULL);\r
+@@ -470,14 +470,30 @@ notmuch_config_save (notmuch_config_t *config)\r
+       return 1;\r
+     }\r
+ \r
+-    if (! g_file_set_contents (config->filename, data, length, &error)) {\r
+-      fprintf (stderr, "Error saving configuration to %s: %s\n",\r
+-               config->filename, error->message);\r
++    /* Try not to overwrite symlinks. */\r
++    filename = realpath (config->filename, NULL);\r
++    if (! filename) {\r
++      fprintf (stderr, "Error canonicalizing %s: %s\n", config->filename,\r
++               strerror (errno));\r
++      g_free (data);\r
++      return 1;\r
++    }\r
++\r
++    if (! g_file_set_contents (filename, data, length, &error)) {\r
++      if (strcmp (filename, config->filename)) {\r
++          fprintf (stderr, "Error saving configuration to %s (-> %s): %s\n",\r
++                   config->filename, filename, error->message);\r
++      } else {\r
++          fprintf (stderr, "Error saving configuration to %s: %s\n",\r
++                   filename, error->message);\r
++      }\r
+       g_error_free (error);\r
++      free (filename);\r
+       g_free (data);\r
+       return 1;\r
+     }\r
+ \r
++    free (filename);\r
+     g_free (data);\r
+     return 0;\r
+ }\r
+-- \r
+1.7.10.4\r
+\r