Package: stow
Version: 2.4.1-2
Severity: normal
Hi,
In some situation, "stow -R" fails when there are empty directories.
Here is an example:
$ tree .
.
├── dest
└── from
├── A
│ ├── d1
│ │ └── fa
│ └── d2
│ └── fa2
├── B
│ └── d1
│ └── fb
└── C
└── d1
10 directories, 3 files
$ stow -v --dir from --target dest -R A B C
LINK: d1 => ../from/A/d1
LINK: d2 => ../from/A/d2
UNLINK: d1 (reverts previous action)
MKDIR: d1
LINK: d1/fa => ../../from/A/d1/fa
LINK: d1/fb => ../../from/B/d1/fb
$ tree .
.
├── dest
│ ├── d1
│ │ ├── fa -> ../../from/A/d1/fa
│ │ └── fb -> ../../from/B/d1/fb
│ └── d2 -> ../from/A/d2
└── from
├── A
│ ├── d1
│ │ └── fa
│ └── d2
│ └── fa2
├── B
│ └── d1
│ └── fb
└── C
└── d1
12 directories, 5 files
$ stow -v --dir from --target dest -R A B C
UNLINK: d1/fa
UNLINK: d1/fb
RMDIR d1
LINK: d1 => ../from/B/d1
UNLINK: d2
UNLINK: d1 (reverts previous action)
stow: ERROR: unstow_contents() called with invalid target: d1
When initial stow is done (or restow without a previous stow as shown here), it
works.
But the last case, with a real restow (but no changes in sources), leads to an
error.
If I put a file in from/C/d1, it works (not shown here).
If I change the package order, it might work!
$ stow -v --dir from --target dest -R A C B
UNLINK: d1/fa
UNLINK: d1/fb
RMDIR d1
LINK: d1 => ../from/B/d1
UNLINK: d2
UNLINK: d1 (reverts previous action)
LINK: d1 => ../from/A/d1
LINK: d2 => ../from/A/d2 (reverts previous action)
UNLINK: d1 (reverts previous action)
MKDIR: d1 (reverts previous action)
LINK: d1/fa => ../../from/A/d1/fa (reverts previous action)
LINK: d1/fb => ../../from/B/d1/fb (reverts previous action)
[B and C packages are swaped on the command line, no other changes]
Regards,
Vincent
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