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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/utils.scm b/guix/build/utils.scm
index a3050b955c..c480dbf8a6 100644
--- a/guix/build/utils.scm
+++ b/guix/build/utils.scm
@@ -122,7 +122,13 @@ with the bytes in HEADER, a bytevector."
(get-bytevector-n port len))
#:binary #t #:guess-encoding #f))
- (equal? (get-header) header)))
+ (catch 'system-error
+ (lambda ()
+ (equal? (get-header) header))
+ (lambda args
+ (if (= EISDIR (system-error-errno args))
+ #f ;FILE is a directory
+ (apply throw args))))))
(define %elf-magic-bytes
;; Magic bytes of ELF files. See <elf.h>.