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-rw-r--r--gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm b/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm
index 8caeba8722..bf60137e8f 100644
--- a/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm
+++ b/gnu/build/linux-initrd.scm
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@
(cpio "cpio") (gzip "gzip"))
"Write a cpio archive containing DIRECTORY to file OUTPUT, using CPIO. When
COMPRESS? is true, compress it using GZIP. On success, return OUTPUT."
+
+ ;; Note: don't use '--no-absolute-filenames' since that strips leading
+ ;; slashes from symlink targets.
(let ((pipe (open-pipe* OPEN_WRITE cpio "-o" "-O" output
- "-H" "newc" "--null"
- "--no-absolute-filenames")))
+ "-H" "newc" "--null")))
(define (print0 file)
(format pipe "~a\0" file))