branch: elpa-admin
commit 8e210d8d12e2912c8933b1d1e69b872ae118ea9d
Author: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>
* elpa-admin.el (elpaa--write-plain-readme): Don't use a symlink
---
elpa-admin.el | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/elpa-admin.el b/elpa-admin.el
index 8e2f0c9a18..ecae2795e2 100644
--- a/elpa-admin.el
+++ b/elpa-admin.el
@@ -1185,9 +1185,12 @@ readme file has an unconventional name"
(when (and readme-file
(not (eq readme-file 'ignore))
(not (member readme-file known-readme-names)))
- (with-demoted-errors "%S"
- (let ((default-directory pkg-dir))
- (make-symbolic-link readme-file "README-elpa")))
+ (let ((default-directory pkg-dir))
+ ;; It's tempting to use a symlink, but our tarballs should not
+ ;; contain symlinks (so they work under w32, for instance,
+ ;; and also because I'm not sure how well tar-untar-buffer
+ ;; handles symlinks).
+ (copy-file readme-file "README-elpa"))
(cdr readme-content))))
((cdr readme-content)))))
