union: Gracefully handle dangling symlinks in the input.

Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/26949>.
Reported by Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>.

* guix/build/union.scm (file-is-directory?): Return #f when FILE does
not exist or is a dangling symlink.
(file=?): Pass #f as a second argument to 'stat'; return #f when both
ST1 or ST2 is #f.
* tests/profiles.scm (test-equalm): New macro.
("union vs. dangling symlink"): New test.

.dir-locals.el

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
    (eval . (put 'call-with-prompt 'scheme-indent-function 1))
    (eval . (put 'test-assert 'scheme-indent-function 1))
    (eval . (put 'test-assertm 'scheme-indent-function 1))
+   (eval . (put 'test-equalm 'scheme-indent-function 1))
    (eval . (put 'test-equal 'scheme-indent-function 1))
    (eval . (put 'test-eq 'scheme-indent-function 1))
    (eval . (put 'call-with-input-string 'scheme-indent-function 1))

guix/build/union.scm

@@ -47,14 +47,17 @@
          (loop (cons file files)))))))
 
 (define (file-is-directory? file)
-  (eq? 'directory (stat:type (stat file))))
+  (match (stat file #f)
+    (#f #f)                                       ;maybe a dangling symlink
+    (st (eq? 'directory (stat:type st)))))
 
 (define (file=? file1 file2)
   "Return #t if FILE1 and FILE2 are regular files and their contents are
 identical, #f otherwise."
-  (let ((st1 (stat file1))
-        (st2 (stat file2)))
+  (let ((st1 (stat file1 #f))
+        (st2 (stat file2 #f)))
     ;; When deduplication is enabled, identical files share the same inode.
+    (and st1 st2
          (or (= (stat:ino st1) (stat:ino st2))
              (and (eq? (stat:type st1) 'regular)
                   (eq? (stat:type st2) 'regular)
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ identical, #f otherwise."
                                   (n2 (get-bytevector-n! port2 buf2 0 len)))
                               (and (equal? n1 n2)
                                    (or (eof-object? n1)
-                                  (loop)))))))))))))
+                                       (loop))))))))))))))
 
 (define* (union-build output inputs
                       #:key (log-port (current-error-port))

tests/profiles.scm

@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
     (run-with-store %store exp
                     #:guile-for-build (%guile-for-build))))
 
+(define-syntax-rule (test-equalm name value exp)
+  (test-equal name
+    value
+    (run-with-store %store exp
+                    #:guile-for-build (%guile-for-build))))
+
 ;; Example manifest entries.
 
 (define guile-1.8.8
@@ -366,6 +372,29 @@
                                get-string-all)
                              "foo!"))))))
 
+(test-equalm "union vs. dangling symlink"        ;<https://bugs.gnu.org/26949>
+  "does-not-exist"
+  (mlet* %store-monad
+      ((thing1 ->  (dummy-package "dummy"
+                     (build-system trivial-build-system)
+                     (arguments
+                      `(#:guile ,%bootstrap-guile
+                        #:builder
+                        (let ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+                          (mkdir out)
+                          (symlink "does-not-exist"
+                                   (string-append out "/dangling"))
+                          #t)))))
+       (thing2 ->  (package (inherit thing1) (name "dummy2")))
+       (drv        (profile-derivation (packages->manifest
+                                        (list thing1 thing2))
+                                       #:hooks '()
+                                       #:locales? #f))
+       (profile -> (derivation->output-path drv)))
+    (mbegin %store-monad
+      (built-derivations (list drv))
+      (return (readlink (readlink (string-append profile "/dangling")))))))
+
 (test-end "profiles")
 
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