From 72a95edcfb2ba6622adea1baf3471163226d15d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Glover <RandomDSdevel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:49:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [cleaner.rb] clean_dirs:  Remove symbolic links if they point
 to static libra- ries.

Reopens Homebrew/homebrew-core#35269.
Closes Homebrew/homebrew-core#35269.
---
 Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
index 9eed49ac61..6fc4ef0774 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cleaner.rb
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ class Cleaner
 
       Find.prune if @f.skip_clean? path
 
-      next if path.symlink? || path.directory?
+      next if path.directory?
 
       if path.extname == ".la"
         path.unlink
+      elsif path.symlink?
+        # Skip it.
       elsif path.basename.to_s == "perllocal.pod"
         # Both this file & the .packlist one below are completely unnecessary
         # to package & causes pointless conflict with other formulae. They are