Fixes for file opening

[apt.git] / apt-pkg / contrib / fileutl.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index b5cdf782b064808ff430268e53a8b5c124445f12..379641c2c72d7bfa627908a710370f602821ffd0 100644 (file)
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // -*- mode: cpp; mode: fold -*-
 // Description                                                         /*{{{*/
 // -*- 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
 /* ######################################################################
    
    File Utilities


@@ -186,9 +186,13 @@ FileFd::FileFd(string FileName,OpenMode Mode, unsigned long Perms)
       break;
       
       case WriteEmpty:
       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);
       
       case WriteExists:
       iFd = open(FileName.c_str(),O_RDWR);