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authorSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2020-02-08 19:38:36 +0700
committerSergey M․ <dstftw@gmail.com>2020-02-08 19:46:58 +0700
commitbfe2b8cf2ac57c6b66def2d5e0fc3fc424c78d75 (patch)
treed46b71fc3b8561e5b9612a35be556ccf8c634cdb /youtube_dl/update.py
parent82fea5b42eadc4ac2d3f4f688613f140967e92b7 (diff)
[update] Fix updating via symlinks (closes #23991)
Diffstat (limited to 'youtube_dl/update.py')
-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/update.py5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/update.py b/youtube_dl/update.py
index 002ea7f33..84c964617 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/update.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/update.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import subprocess
import sys
from zipimport import zipimporter
+from .compat import compat_realpath
from .utils import encode_compat_str
from .version import __version__
@@ -84,7 +85,9 @@ def update_self(to_screen, verbose, opener):
print_notes(to_screen, versions_info['versions'])
# sys.executable is set to the full pathname of the exe-file for py2exe
- filename = sys.executable if hasattr(sys, 'frozen') else sys.argv[0]
+ # though symlinks are not followed so that we need to do this manually
+ # with help of realpath
+ filename = compat_realpath(sys.executable if hasattr(sys, 'frozen') else sys.argv[0])
if not os.access(filename, os.W_OK):
to_screen('ERROR: no write permissions on %s' % filename)