From e70e0569ec24047966925bbba6fda2109f66624e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:01:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FileList handle exception when deleting old/unused file

Signed-off-by: Steven Armstrong <steven@icarus.ethz.ch>
---
 lib/cdist/util/fsproperty.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/cdist/util/fsproperty.py b/lib/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
index e441533a..cfdb007e 100644
--- a/lib/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
+++ b/lib/cdist/util/fsproperty.py
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ class FileList(collections.MutableSequence):
         self.path = path
         if initial:
             # delete existing file
-            os.unlink(self.path)
+            try:
+                os.unlink(self.path)
+            except EnvironmentError:
+                # ignored
+                pass
             for i in initial:
                 self.append(i)