X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/d38b7b3d803a719b189df80820aeda6a818f4909..50b513a12b4f9f5098d1bcd08f6b19b7693397d0:/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 3ca36377a..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 1.14 1998/11/23 07:03:06 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);
@@ -234,7 +238,7 @@ bool FileFd::Read(void *To,unsigned long Size)
 // FileFd::Write - Write to the file					/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
-bool FileFd::Write(void *From,unsigned long Size)
+bool FileFd::Write(const void *From,unsigned long Size)
 {
    if (write(iFd,From,Size) != (signed)Size)
    {