should have an option to not follow symlinks

[asquare]

There should be an option to not follow symlinks (and preserve the link) when copying files to BUILDROOT.

[rictorres]

that's an interesting case, actually. i'm gonna have a look at this over the weekend!

[majgis]

Is this issue why I'm getting the following error while trying to copy node_modules/express?

Error: EEXIST, file already exists '../mime/cli.js'
    at Object.fs.symlinkSync (evalmachine.<anonymous>:742:18)
    at copySync (/home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:91:8)
    at /home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:86:7
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at copySync (/home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:85:14)
    at /home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:86:7
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at copySync (/home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:85:14)
    at /home/mjackson/projects/beetlejuice/node_modules/rpm-builder/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy.js:86:7
    at Array.forEach (native)

Is there currenly a recommended work around?

[rictorres]

hey @majgis, i'm not really sure about your case.
i'm gonna update this module this week and will try to reproduce the issues described here :)

i'll let you guys know.

[ddequidt]

For the record, I encountered the issue.
I found a workaround by not creating those ./bin syslinks as I don't need them in the package.
Run npm install --only=prod --no-bin-links before building rpm.