Jon TURNEY 59a6d3f1eb os: Remove any old logfile before trying to write to it ...

If we are not backing up logfiles, remove the old logfile before trying to write
a new logfile, as otherwise the operation may fail if the previous logfile was
created by a different user.

This change is useful when:
- The DDX doesn't use the logfile backup mechanism (i.e. not Xorg)
- The DDX is run by a non-root user, and then by a different non-root user
- The logfile directory doesn't have the restricted-deletion flag set

Signed-off-by: Jon TURNEY <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
Acked-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>

2013-07-11 07:39:03 +10:00

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