[OE-core] meta-toolchain-gmae can't build: Cannot create symlink from ./var/log to 'volatile/log': File exists

[Cui, Dexuan]

Richard Purdie wrote on 2011-12-05:
> On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 15:35 +0800, Cui, Dexuan wrote:
>> Hi, recently, I found meta-toolchain-gmae failed to build on poky
>> master if I use ipk packaging(I didn't try rpm/deb):
>> 
>> task do_populate_sdk: Failed
>> 
>> | Configuring avahi-dev. | Configuring
>> task-core-standalone-gmae-sdk-target. | Configuring libtelepathy-dbg. |
>> Configuring task-core-standalone-gmae-sdk-target-dbg. | Configuring
>> util-linux-blkid. | Collected errors: |  * extract_archive: Cannot
>> create symlink from ./var/log to 'volatile/log': File exists. ERROR:
>> Function 'do_populate_sdk' failed
>> 
>> Now I have no time to look into this issue at once. It would be
>> great, if
> somebody can give some quick hint.
> 
> Is this with the latest master?
> 
> http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=f340e3937fd5ac396 3
> de6c6b29d56dd92d962864
> 
> was added to avoid an error very like this that was showing up with rpm...
Yes. I was using yesterday's latest poky master (9be6d59b78510443d0944513503d515df13caa45), so the fix you mentioned above was already in.
There must be some recent change that causes the issue, because IIRC it was fine in my side 2~3 weeks ago.

Thanks,
-- Dexuan