From 9798513d252bb57189897914c5bd603b948f5b6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alejandro Mery <amery@geeks.cl>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:18:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] overlay: fixed directory removal/overriding support

---
 lib/overlay/overlay-functions.in | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/overlay/overlay-functions.in b/lib/overlay/overlay-functions.in
index 4130fd7..494833e 100644
--- a/lib/overlay/overlay-functions.in
+++ b/lib/overlay/overlay-functions.in
@@ -66,12 +66,20 @@ overlay_apply() {
 		xtarget="$rootfs/$target" targetdir="${xtarget%/*}"
 
 		if [ -L "$xtarget" -o -e "$xtarget" ]; then
-			if [ "$overwrite" = yes ]; then
-				[ "$type" = patch ] || rm -f "$xtarget"
-			else
+			if [ "$type" != rm -a "$overwrite" != yes ]; then
 				$echo_status "skipping $target ($type)"
 				continue
 			fi
+
+			if [ "$type" = patch ]; then
+				:
+			elif [ ! -d "$xtarget/" ]; then
+				rm -f "$xtarget"
+			elif [ "$type" = rm ]; then
+				rm -rf "$xtarget"
+			else
+				rmdir "$xtarget"
+			fi
 		fi
 
 		# final adjustments based on the type
@@ -99,7 +107,6 @@ overlay_apply() {
 				;;
 			rm)
 				$echo_status "removing $target"
-				rm -f "$xtarget"
 				;;
 			patch)
 				$echo_status "overlay: patching $target"