Resolve also symlinks when checking whether a path passed to --edit is a file: the file editing code supports symlinks anyway (properly changes the target file, instead of overwrite the symlink with a real file), so it is safe to allow this operation in customize/builder. --- customize/customize_run.ml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/customize/customize_run.ml b/customize/customize_run.ml index 054ee53..ed3c818 100644 --- a/customize/customize_run.ml +++ b/customize/customize_run.ml @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ exec >>%s 2>&1 if not (g#exists path) then error (f_"%s does not exist in the guest") path; - if not (g#is_file path) then + if not (g#is_file ~followsymlinks:true path) then error (f_"%s is not a regular file in the guest") path; Perl_edit.edit_file g#ocaml_handle path expr -- 2.1.0