1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index 7a0a428b30..a47da14ea5 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -2449,6 +2449,15 @@ python do_package () {
 
     bb.build.exec_func("package_convert_pr_autoinc", d)
 
+    # Check for conflict between renamed packages and existing ones
+    # for each package in PACKAGES, check if it will be renamed to an existing one
+    for p in packages:
+        localdata = bb.data.createCopy(d)
+        localdata.setVar('OVERRIDES', p)
+        rename = localdata.getVar('PKG')
+        if (rename != None) and rename in packages:
+            bb.fatal('package "%s" is renamed to "%s" using PKG:%s, but package name already exists'%(p,rename,p))
+
     ###########################################################################
     # Optimisations
     ###########################################################################