From 588b129018cd61eb1459b7908bf148b6272a1276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Vidal <skvidal@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 15:33:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix case where destination does not yet exist - no backup can
 be made

---
 library/copy | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/library/copy b/library/copy
index a6c2efef68e..be7e685a8ab 100755
--- a/library/copy
+++ b/library/copy
@@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ def main():
     if md5sum_src != md5sum_dest:
         try:
             if backup:
-                success, msg = backuplocal(dest)
-                if not success:
-                    module.fail_jason(msg=msg)
-                else:
-                    backup_file = msg
+                if os.path.exists(dest):
+                    success, msg = backuplocal(dest)
+                    if not success:
+                        module.fail_jason(msg=msg)
+                    else:
+                        backup_file = msg
             shutil.copyfile(src, dest)
         except shutil.Error:
             module.fail_json(msg="failed to copy: %s and %s are the same" % (src, dest))