check for broken symlinks when using --force

src/pypungi/__init__.py

@@ -925,7 +925,11 @@ class Pungi(pypungi.PungiBase):
                 for regex in fileres:
                     if regex.match(filename) and not os.path.exists(os.path.join(self.topdir, filename)):
                         self.logger.info("Linking release note file %s" % filename)
-                        pypungi.util._link(os.path.join(dirpath, filename), os.path.join(self.topdir, filename), self.logger)
+                        pypungi.util._link(os.path.join(dirpath, filename),
+                                           os.path.join(self.topdir, filename),
+                                           self.logger,
+                                           force=self.config.getboolean('pungi',
+                                                                        'force'))
                         self.common_files.append(filename)
 
         # Walk the tree for our dirs

src/pypungi/util.py

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ def _link(local, target, logger, force=False):
     if os.path.exists(target) and force:
         os.remove(target)
 
+    #check for broken links
+    if force and os.path.islink(target):
+        if not os.path.exists(os.readlink(target)):
+            os.remove(target)
+
     try:
         os.link(local, target)
     except OSError, e: