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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libutil/util.cc | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc index 879f9fb5fddd..0d903f2f0d43 100644 --- a/src/libutil/util.cc +++ b/src/libutil/util.cc @@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ Path readLink(const Path & path) ssize_t rlsize = readlink(path.c_str(), buf, st.st_size); if (rlsize == -1) throw SysError(format("reading symbolic link ‘%1%’") % path); - else if (rlsize != st.st_size) - throw Error(format("symbolic link ‘%1%’ size mismatch %2% != %3%") + else if (rlsize > st.st_size) + throw Error(format("symbolic link ‘%1%’ size overflow %2% > %3%") % path % rlsize % st.st_size); return string(buf, st.st_size); } |