--- fix-db.pl	2003/10/04 15:24:25	1.1
+++ fix-db.pl	2003/10/04 15:30:40
@@ -34,8 +34,13 @@
 
 foreach $ebuild_file (@ebuild_files)
 {
-	open(CONTENTS, '/var/db/pkg/' . $ebuild_file . '/CONTENTS') or
-    fatal_error('couldn\'t open /var/db/pkg/' . $ebuild_file . '/CONTENTS: ' . $!);
+	my $contents_file = '/var/db/pkg/' . $ebuild_file . '/CONTENTS';
+	if (-e $contents_file and -z $contents_file){
+		print "skipping $contents_file - zero length\n";
+		next;
+	}
+	open(CONTENTS, $contents_file) or
+    fatal_error("couldn't open $contents_file: $!");
 	@contents = <CONTENTS>;
 	close(CONTENTS);