1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index ba2c9fee35..566a58dafb 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -852,14 +852,18 @@ sstate_create_package () {
         fi
         chmod 0664 $TFILE
         # Skip if it was already created by some other process
-        if [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG} ]; then
+        if [ -h ${SSTATE_PKG} ] && [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG} ]; then
+                # There is a symbolic link, but it links to nothing.
+                # Forcefully replace it with the new file.
+                ln -f $TFILE ${SSTATE_PKG} || true
+        elif [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG} ]; then
                 # Move into place using ln to attempt an atomic op.
                 # Abort if it already exists
-                ln $TFILE ${SSTATE_PKG} && rm $TFILE
+                ln $TFILE ${SSTATE_PKG} || true
         else
-                rm $TFILE
+                touch ${SSTATE_PKG} 2>/dev/null || true
         fi
-        touch ${SSTATE_PKG} 2>/dev/null || true
+        rm $TFILE
 }
 
 python sstate_sign_package () {
@@ -889,7 +893,7 @@ python sstate_report_unihash() {
 sstate_unpack_package () {
         tar -xvzf ${SSTATE_PKG}
         # update .siginfo atime on local/NFS mirror if it is a symbolic link
-        [ ! -h ${SSTATE_PKG}.siginfo ] || touch -a ${SSTATE_PKG}.siginfo 2>/dev/null || true
+        [ ! -h ${SSTATE_PKG}.siginfo ] || [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG}.siginfo ] || touch -a ${SSTATE_PKG}.siginfo 2>/dev/null || true
         # update each symbolic link instead of any referenced file
         touch --no-dereference ${SSTATE_PKG} 2>/dev/null || true
         [ ! -e ${SSTATE_PKG}.sig ] || touch --no-dereference ${SSTATE_PKG}.sig 2>/dev/null || true