From 6055d84bebe6eecc061ef295c1fd21ceb77e7674 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2016 03:26:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix reading symlinks

The st_size field of a symlink doesn't have to be correct, e.g. for
/dev/fd symlinks.
---
 src/libutil/util.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 3becbbabc..25246a3e8 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Path readLink(const Path & path)
     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);
+    return string(buf, rlsize);
 }