From: Mateusz Krawczuk Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 21:11:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Add information how to fix common build error on Windows in symlink-install-tree X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1f8da027ddc73c6ddbffc84f7183c1ce98f2a3b1;p=qemu.git Add information how to fix common build error on Windows in symlink-install-tree By default, Windows doesn't allow to create soft links for user account and only administrator is allowed to do this. To fix this problem you have to raise your permissions or enable Developer Mode, which available since Windows 10. Additional explanation when build fails will allow developer to fix the problem on his computer faster. Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1386 Signed-off-by: Mateusz Krawczuk Message-Id: <20230504211101.1386-1-mat.krawczuk@gmail.com> [thuth: Drop the hunk with the white space changes] Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- diff --git a/scripts/symlink-install-tree.py b/scripts/symlink-install-tree.py index 67cb86dd52..8ed97e3c94 100644 --- a/scripts/symlink-install-tree.py +++ b/scripts/symlink-install-tree.py @@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ for source, dest in json.loads(out).items(): os.symlink(source, bundle_dest) except BaseException as e: if not isinstance(e, OSError) or e.errno != errno.EEXIST: + if os.name == 'nt': + print('Please enable Developer Mode to support soft link ' + 'without Administrator permission') print(f'error making symbolic link {dest}', file=sys.stderr) raise e