finalize: Allow symlinking over paths much like we allow finalizing over paths

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/lib/install/action/finalize.js b/lib/install/action/finalize.js
index a68f7b31f..439edc9ef 100644
--- a/lib/install/action/finalize.js
+++ b/lib/install/action/finalize.js
@@ -28,18 +28,7 @@ module.exports = function (staging, pkg, log) {
     return makeParentPath(pkg.path)
       .then(() => symlink(pkg.realpath, pkg.path, 'junction'))
       .catch((ex) => {
-        return readlink(pkg.path).then((dest) => {
-          return realpath(path.resolve(path.basename(pkg.path), dest))
-        }).then((realdest) => {
-          if (realdest === path.normalize(pkg.realpath)) {
-            log.warn('finalize', 'Leaving existing symlink in place', pkg.path)
-            return
-          } else {
-            throw ex
-          }
-        }).catch(() => {
-          throw ex
-        })
+        return rimraf(pkg.path).then(() => symlink(pkg.realpath, pkg.path, 'junction'))
       })
   } else {
     return makeParentPath(pkg.realpath)