1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs-1.0.0/makedevs.c b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs-1.0.0/makedevs.c
index 5d2c45b310..53700c687f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs-1.0.0/makedevs.c
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/makedevs/makedevs-1.0.0/makedevs.c
@@ -274,8 +274,20 @@ static void add_new_file(char *name, char *path, unsigned long uid,
 static void add_new_fifo(char *name, char *path, unsigned long uid,
                                   unsigned long gid, unsigned long mode)
 {
-        if (mknod(path, mode, 0))
-                error_msg_and_die("%s: file can not be created with mknod!", path);
+        int status;
+        struct stat sb;
+
+        memset(&sb, 0, sizeof(struct stat));
+        status = stat(path, &sb);
+
+
+        /* Update the mode if we exist and are a fifo already */
+        if (status >= 0 && S_ISFIFO(sb.st_mode)) {
+                chmod(path, mode);
+        } else {
+                if (mknod(path, mode, 0))
+                        error_msg_and_die("%s: file can not be created with mknod!", path);
+        }
         chown(path, uid, gid);
 //      printf("File: %s %s  UID: %ld  GID: %ld  MODE: %04lo\n",
 //                      path, name, gid, uid, mode);