From: Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:01:48 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: rustbuild: Fix a distribution bug with rustdoc
X-Git-Url: https://git.lizzy.rs/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eb26d5b7c928646983c53bcbd33ce578acbf238f;p=rust.git

rustbuild: Fix a distribution bug with rustdoc

Apparently `File::create` was called when there was an existing hard link or the
like, causing an existing file to get accidentally truncated!

Closes #44487
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diff --git a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
index e18850b08b1..8e11e1b0580 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/dist.rs
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ fn run(self, builder: &Builder) -> PathBuf {
 fn install(src: &Path, dstdir: &Path, perms: u32) {
     let dst = dstdir.join(src.file_name().unwrap());
     t!(fs::create_dir_all(dstdir));
+    drop(fs::remove_file(&dst));
     {
         let mut s = t!(fs::File::open(&src));
         let mut d = t!(fs::File::create(&dst));