[Libguestfs] guestmount symlink issues

[Matthew Booth]

I'm trying to use guestmount to install some kernel modules in a guest:

[mbooth at mbooth linux-2.6 (amit)]$ make modules_install 
INSTALL_MOD_PATH=~/etch
ln: creating symbolic link 
`/home/mbooth/etch/lib/modules/2.6.32-rc6/source': No such file or directory
make: *** [_modinst_] Error 1

I think something's screwy with symlinks. In the following, /tmp/source 
is a symlink, and I have previously attempted to create a source symlink 
in the current directory:

[mbooth at mbooth 2.6.32-rc6]$ rm source
rm: cannot remove `source': No such file or directory
[mbooth at mbooth 2.6.32-rc6]$ mv /tmp/source .
mv: cannot create symbolic link `./source': File exists
[mbooth at mbooth 2.6.32-rc6]$ ln -s /tmp foo
ln: creating symbolic link `foo': No such file or directory
[mbooth at mbooth 2.6.32-rc6]$ mv /tmp/source foo
mv: cannot create symbolic link `foo': File exists
[mbooth at mbooth 2.6.32-rc6]$ ls
kernel

Booting the guest shows that the symlinks haven't been created. So it 
looks like there are 2 possibly related issues here:

1. Symlink creation doesn't seem to work
2. Something subsequently believes the symlink exists

I can create a BZ later.

Matt
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