Preserve symlinks during copy (#57)

locusrobotics · May 27, 2020 · fc4379c · fc4379c
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commit fc4379c
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/catkin_virtualenv/cmake/catkin_generate_virtualenv.cmake b/catkin_virtualenv/cmake/catkin_generate_virtualenv.cmake
@@ -116,9 +116,13 @@ function(catkin_generate_virtualenv)
 
   add_custom_command(COMMENT "Prepare relocated virtualenvs for develspace and installspace"
     OUTPUT ${venv_devel_dir} install/${venv_dir}
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${venv_dir} ${venv_devel_dir}
+    # CMake copy_directory doesn't preserve symlinks https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/14609
+    # COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${venv_dir} ${venv_devel_dir}
+    # COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${venv_dir} install/${venv_dir}
+    COMMAND mkdir -p ${venv_devel_dir} && cp -r ${venv_dir}/* ${venv_devel_dir}
+    COMMAND mkdir -p install/${venv_dir} && cp -r ${venv_dir}/* install/${venv_dir}
+
     COMMAND ${CATKIN_ENV} rosrun catkin_virtualenv venv_relocate ${venv_devel_dir} --target-dir ${venv_devel_dir}
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${venv_dir} install/${venv_dir}
     COMMAND ${CATKIN_ENV} rosrun catkin_virtualenv venv_relocate install/${venv_dir} --target-dir ${venv_install_dir}
     DEPENDS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${venv_dir}/bin/activate
   )