From bc7ce4affc50a8ddebc5bfbf2f2a3425dcb4d2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <josch@mister-muffin.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:33:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] skip symlink creation if it already exists

---
 mmdebstrap | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mmdebstrap b/mmdebstrap
index ffff237..60b3215 100755
--- a/mmdebstrap
+++ b/mmdebstrap
@@ -1170,6 +1170,12 @@ sub setup_mounts {
                             );
                             next;
                         }
+                        if (-e "$options->{root}/dev/$fname") {
+                            warning(
+                                "skipping creation of ./dev/$fname because it"
+                                  . " already exists in the target");
+                            next;
+                        }
                         push @cleanup_tasks, sub {
                             unlink "$options->{root}/dev/$fname"
                               or warning("cannot unlink ./dev/$fname: $!");