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| -rw-r--r-- | apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc index b5cdf782b..379641c2c 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc +++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*- // Description /*{{{*/ -// $Id: fileutl.cc,v 1.15 1998/11/27 01:14:08 jgg Exp $ +// $Id: fileutl.cc,v 1.16 1998/11/27 04:20:52 jgg Exp $ /* ###################################################################### File Utilities @@ -186,9 +186,13 @@ FileFd::FileFd(string FileName,OpenMode Mode, unsigned long Perms) break; case WriteEmpty: - unlink(FileName.c_str()); - iFd = open(FileName.c_str(),O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL,Perms); - break; + { + struct stat Buf; + if (stat(FileName.c_str(),&Buf) == 0 && S_ISLNK(Buf.st_mode)) + unlink(FileName.c_str()); + iFd = open(FileName.c_str(),O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC,Perms); + break; + } case WriteExists: iFd = open(FileName.c_str(),O_RDWR); |