From 85007c35d110512661ced66a218b327f65ebec22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Johns <chrisj@rtems.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:38:44 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] sb: Fix copy_tree coping links on Linux

Overwriting symlinks did not work on Linux. This change manages the
coping of links with special code. The copy worked on FreeBSD.
---
 source-builder/sb/path.py | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source-builder/sb/path.py b/source-builder/sb/path.py
index 643c08b..8354880 100644
--- a/source-builder/sb/path.py
+++ b/source-builder/sb/path.py
@@ -153,7 +153,19 @@ def copy_tree(src, dst):
         try:
             if os.path.islink(srcname):
                 linkto = os.readlink(srcname)
-                os.symlink(linkto, dstname)
+                if os.path.exists(dstname):
+                    if os.path.islink(dstname):
+                        dstlinkto = os.readlink(dstname)
+                        if linkto != dstlinkto:
+                            log.warning('copying tree: update of link does not match: %s -> %s: %s' % \
+                                            (dstname, dstlinkto))
+                            os.remove(dstname)
+                    else:
+                        log.warning('copying tree: destination is not a link: %s -> %s: %s' % \
+                                        (dstname, dstlinkto))
+                        os.remove(dstname)
+                else:
+                    os.symlink(linkto, dstname)
             elif os.path.isdir(srcname):
                 copy_tree(srcname, dstname)
             else: