From b48d9a3a82aa97f1532dc72fd6743e5c1377a7e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakob Borg Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:31:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Don't panic when lacking symlink support on XP (fixes #1016) --- internal/symlinks/symlink_windows.go | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/internal/symlinks/symlink_windows.go b/internal/symlinks/symlink_windows.go index 1a99e3db..93a14b58 100644 --- a/internal/symlinks/symlink_windows.go +++ b/internal/symlinks/symlink_windows.go @@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ var ( ) func init() { + defer func() { + if err := recover(); err != nil { + // Ensure that the supported flag is disabled when we hit an + // error, even though it should already be. Also, silently swallow + // the error since it's fine for a system not to support symlinks. + Supported = false + } + }() + // Needs administrator priviledges. // Let's check that everything works. // This could be done more officially: