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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/union.scm b/guix/build/union.scm
index 275746d83e..077b7fe530 100644
--- a/guix/build/union.scm
+++ b/guix/build/union.scm
@@ -105,7 +105,22 @@ single leaf."
the DIRECTORIES."
(define (file-tree dir)
;; Return the contents of DIR as a tree.
- (match (file-system-fold (const #t)
+
+ (define (others-have-it? subdir)
+ ;; Return #t if other elements of DIRECTORIES have SUBDIR.
+ (let ((subdir (substring subdir (string-length dir))))
+ (any (lambda (other)
+ (and (not (string=? other dir))
+ (file-exists? (string-append other "/" subdir))))
+ directories)))
+
+ (match (file-system-fold (lambda (subdir stat result) ; enter?
+ ;; No need to traverse DIR since there's
+ ;; nothing to union it with. Thus, we avoid
+ ;; creating a gazillon symlinks (think
+ ;; share/emacs/24.3, share/texmf, etc.)
+ (or (string=? subdir dir)
+ (others-have-it? subdir)))
(lambda (file stat result) ; leaf
(match result
(((siblings ...) rest ...)
@@ -117,7 +132,12 @@ the DIRECTORIES."
(((leaves ...) (siblings ...) rest ...)
`(((,(basename dir) ,@leaves) ,@siblings)
,@rest))))
- (const #f) ; skip
+ (lambda (dir stat result) ; skip
+ ;; DIR is not available elsewhere, so treat it
+ ;; as a leaf.
+ (match result
+ (((siblings ...) rest ...)
+ `((,dir ,@siblings) ,@rest))))
(lambda (file stat errno result)
(format (current-error-port) "union-build: ~a: ~a~%"
file (strerror errno)))
@@ -158,8 +178,9 @@ the DIRECTORIES."
(mkdir output)
(let loop ((tree (delete-duplicate-leaves
(cons "."
- (tree-union (append-map (compose tree-leaves file-tree)
- directories)))
+ (tree-union
+ (append-map (compose tree-leaves file-tree)
+ (delete-duplicates directories))))
leaf=?
resolve-collision))
(dir '()))