=== modified file 'wicd/wicd-daemon.py'
--- wicd/wicd-daemon.py	2015-02-12 17:01:42 +0000
+++ wicd/wicd-daemon.py	2015-05-03 21:13:30 +0000
@@ -1790,11 +1790,12 @@
         # Don't back up if the backup already exists, either as a regular file or a symlink
         # The backup file should have been cleaned up by wicd, so perhaps it didn't exit cleanly...
         if not os.path.exists(backup_location) and not os.path.islink(backup_location):
-            if os.path.islink('/etc/resolv.conf'):
-                dest = os.readlink('/etc/resolv.conf')
-                os.symlink(dest, backup_location)
+            target = '/etc/resolv.conf'
+            if os.path.islink(target):
+                target = os.path.realpath(target)
+                os.symlink(target, backup_location)
             else:
-                shutil.copy2('/etc/resolv.conf', backup_location)
+                shutil.copy2(target, backup_location)
             os.chmod(backup_location, 0644)
     except IOError:
         print 'error backing up resolv.conf'