Index: Lib/distutils/dir_util.py
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--- Lib/distutils/dir_util.py	(revision 88368)
+++ Lib/distutils/dir_util.py	(working copy)
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@
         src_name = os.path.join(src, n)
         dst_name = os.path.join(dst, n)
 
-        if preserve_symlinks and os.path.islink(src_name):
+        if n.startswith('.nfs'):
+            pass
+        elif preserve_symlinks and os.path.islink(src_name):
             link_dest = os.readlink(src_name)
             if verbose >= 1:
                 log.info("linking %s -> %s", dst_name, link_dest)