put a try around the symlink in mkcachedir

ref issue 12166
jiahao · Nov 17, 2015 · 6b979b6 · 6b979b6
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diff --git a/base/pkg/cache.jl b/base/pkg/cache.jl
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ function mkcachedir()
  if !isdir(rootcache)
  mkdir(rootcache)
  end
- symlink(rootcache, cache)
- return
+ try
+ symlink(rootcache, cache)
+ return
+ end
  end
  mkdir(cache)
 end