workaround

build/symlink.py

@@ -2,43 +2,38 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
-
 """Make a symlink and optionally touch a file (to handle dependencies)."""
-
-
 import errno
 import optparse
 import os.path
+import shutil
 import sys
-
-
 def Main(argv):
   parser = optparse.OptionParser()
   parser.add_option('-f', '--force', action='store_true')
   parser.add_option('--touch')
-
   options, args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
   if len(args) < 2:
     parser.error('at least two arguments required.')
-
   target = args[-1]
   sources = args[:-1]
   for s in sources:
     t = os.path.join(target, os.path.basename(s))
+    if len(sources) == 1 and not os.path.isdir(target):
+      t = target
     try:
       os.symlink(s, t)
     except OSError, e:
       if e.errno == errno.EEXIST and options.force:
-        os.remove(t)
+        if os.path.isdir(t):
+          shutil.rmtree(t, ignore_errors=True)
+        else:
+          os.remove(t)
         os.symlink(s, t)
       else:
         raise
-
-
   if options.touch:
     with open(options.touch, 'w') as f:
       pass
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   sys.exit(Main(sys.argv))