3 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 2a3b8a87d..91aecee65 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ bool FileFd::Open(string FileName,OpenMode Mode, unsigned long Perms)
       }
       break;
       
-      case WriteEmpty:
+      case WriteAtomic:
       {
 	 Flags |= Replace;
 	 char *name = strdup((FileName + ".XXXXXX").c_str());
@@ -678,6 +678,15 @@ bool FileFd::Open(string FileName,OpenMode Mode, unsigned long Perms)
 	 free(name);
 	 break;
       }
+
+      case WriteEmpty:
+      {
+      	 struct stat Buf;
+	 if (lstat(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);
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index 62705478d..cb4655798 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class FileFd
    gzFile gz;
 
    public:
-   enum OpenMode {ReadOnly,WriteEmpty,WriteExists,WriteAny,WriteTemp,ReadOnlyGzip};
+   enum OpenMode {ReadOnly,WriteEmpty,WriteExists,WriteAny,WriteTemp,ReadOnlyGzip,
+                  WriteAtomic};
    
    inline bool Read(void *To,unsigned long Size,bool AllowEof)
    {
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
index ace74cb37..c1844de40 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/strutl.cc
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...)
 char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...)
 {
    va_list args;
-   unsigned long Did;
+   int Did;
 
    va_start(args,Format);