1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 890cacee10..8611d94774 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ python perform_packagecopy () {
 
         # Start by package population by taking a copy of the installed 
         # files to operate on
+        os.system('rm -rf %s/*' % (dvar))
         os.system('cp -pPR %s/* %s/' % (dest, dvar))
 }