When a symlink file already exists, but it's source was moved/renamed, collectstatic
ends with an IOError
.
Here is a trackback example:
Linking '/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/src/django-filebrowser-no-grappelli-django14/filebrowser/static/filebrowser/js/FB_TinyMCE.js'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(**options)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 163, in handle_noargs
collected = self.collect()
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 113, in collect
handler(path, prefixed_path, storage)
File "/srv/www/virtualenvs/demo.example.org/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 275, in link_file
os.symlink(source_path, full_path)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists
I switched moduled here, hence the symlinks of the previous "filebrowser" were still there, but no longer pointed to an existing file.
The same also happens when one reorganized the project layout, while.
How to reproduce:
- Have a project with 1 app.
- run
./manage.py collectstatic --link
- Rename that app, or move it to a sub package.
- run
./manage.py collectstatic --link
again.
Hehe I ran into the same issue not too long ago, when I too was dealing with a filebrowser.