--- /http-replicator-2.0/http-replicator-2.0-orig/HttpReplicator.py	2004-04-30 04:49:11.000000000 -0500
+++ /http-replicator-2.0/HttpReplicator.py	2004-05-17 04:29:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@
 				assert self.size == self.data.tell(), 'size mismatch' # check size
 
 			self.prepare(self.file) # create directories
+			#Gentoo 
+			if os.path.isfile(self.file):
+				result=	os.remove(self.file)
 			file = open(self.file, 'w') # open file for writing
 
 			self.data.seek(0) # move to beginning of file