From 2aa1f4717bdf9432a75f13088ec79644be9a7d88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:01:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Fix `File exists' errors if the `result' symlink exists but
 is   dangling.

---
 scripts/nix-build.in | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/nix-build.in b/scripts/nix-build.in
index 9ae5a0ede..43d818274 100755
--- a/scripts/nix-build.in
+++ b/scripts/nix-build.in
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ for i in "$@"; do
             for j in $outPaths; do
                 echo "$j"
                 if test -z "$noLink"; then
-                    if test -e result; then
-                        if ! test -L result; then
-                            echo "cannot remove \`result\' (not a symlink)"
-                            exit 1
-                        fi
+                    if test -L result; then
                         rm result
+                    elif test -e result; then
+                        echo "cannot remove \`result' (not a symlink)"
+                        exit 1
                     fi
                     ln -s "$j" result
                 fi