From d74ea1a133c9cf61d4173538c870ecafa826d852 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:59:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] allow files/ to overwrite existing symlinks (fixes #3508)

SVN-Revision: 25078
---
 package/Makefile | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/package/Makefile b/package/Makefile
index 786edd49f0..8e8c6c9a63 100644
--- a/package/Makefile
+++ b/package/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ endif
 $(curdir)/rootfs-prepare: $(TMP_DIR)/.build
 	@-$(MAKE) package/preconfig
 	@if [ -d $(TOPDIR)/files ]; then \
+		( cd $(TOPDIR)/files; find -type f ) | \
+			( cd $(TARGET_DIR); while :; do \
+				read FILE; \
+				[ -z "$$FILE" ] && break; \
+				[ -L "$$FILE" ] || continue; \
+				echo "Removing symlink $(TARGET_DIR)/$$FILE"; \
+				rm -f "$$FILE"; \
+			done; ); \
 		$(CP) $(TOPDIR)/files/. $(TARGET_DIR); \
 	fi
 	@mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/rc.d
-- 
2.30.2