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25346	collectstatic --clear doesn't delete broken symlinks from the STATIC_ROOT	Evan Heidtmann	nobody	"In my STATIC_ROOT, I have a directory containing some broken symlinks.

I run ./manage.py collectstatic -l -c

I see ""Deleting '...'"" for each of the broken symlinks, and no corresponding ""Linking '...'"" lines. I would expect the broken symlinks to be gone. But they still exist.

Steps to reproduce:

{{{
ln -s asdfasd_something_that_doesnt_exist_fasdfasdf $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
./manage.py collectstatic -l -c --noinput | grep broken_symlink
ls -l $STATIC_ROOT/broken_symlink
}}}

How could the broken symlinks get there in the first place? I'm using collectstatic -l and I deleted the original static files from my app.

(Why do I care? Because this causes real trouble when used with WhiteNoise, because it can't find the original file and fails to start)"	Uncategorized	new	contrib.staticfiles	1.8	Normal				Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0