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-rw-r--r--meta/classes/package.bbclass3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index 5cb1939e54..6aed4cac70 100644
--- a/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ def files_from_filevars(filevars):
if dirname == '.':
continue
if cpath.islink(parent):
+ bb.warn("FILES contains file '%s' which resides under a "
+ "directory symlink. Please fix the recipe and use the "
+ "real path for the file." % f[1:])
symlink_paths.append(f)
files[ind] = parent
f = parent