functions: refactor add_symlink

We don't need to add the destination directory -- we can assume this
will always be added by another function. We also ignore $BASEDIR as we
will never be passing in a path that contains a $BASEDIR so we don't
want to erroenous trim a path.

Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 6ec795e..17c15b5 100644
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -143,18 +143,13 @@ add_symlink() {
     #   $1: pathname of symlink on image
     #   $2: absolute path to target of symlink
 
-    local fil dest dir
-    if [[ -h $1 ]]; then
-        fil="${1##$BASEDIR}"
-        dest="${2##$BASEDIR}"
-        add_dir $(get_dirname "${dest}")
-        add_dir $(get_dirname "${fil}")
-        if [[ ! -e "$TMPDIR/root/$dest" ]]; then
-            (( QUIET )) || plain "adding symlink: $fil -> $dest"
-            ln -s "$dest" "$TMPDIR/root/$fil"
-        fi
+    local file=$1 dest=$2
+
+    add_dir $(get_dirname "$file")
+    if [[ ! -e "$TMPDIR/root/$dest" ]]; then
+        (( QUIET )) || plain "adding symlink: $file -> $dest"
+        ln -s "$dest" "$TMPDIR/root/$file"
     fi
-    #fail quietly
 }
 
 add_file() {