Bug#904515: x2goserver: fails to reinstall: ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/x2go/applications': File exists

[Andreas Beckmann]

Hi Mike,

On 2018-07-25 10:49, Mike Gabriel wrote:
>>   ln: failed to create symbolic link '/etc/x2go/applications': File
>> exists

>                 # create /etc/x2go/applications symlink if not already
> there (as link or as dir)
>                 if ! test -e /etc/x2go/applications; then
>                         ln -s /usr/share/applications
> /etc/x2go/applications
>                 fi

> To my understanding, the code checks if /etc/x2go/applications exists,
> and only if not, it creates the symlink.

at the point of failure /etc/x2go/applications is a dangling symlink

test -e returns false in that case, so you need to check for a link as
well (test -L)


Andreas