From 1f8da027ddc73c6ddbffc84f7183c1ce98f2a3b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mateusz Krawczuk Date: Thu, 4 May 2023 23:11:01 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] 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 --- scripts/symlink-install-tree.py | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) 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