Change how File/Directory/Link .delete works.

runtime/bin/directory_linux.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "platform/globals.h"
 #if defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)
 
 #include "bin/directory.h"
 
 #include <dirent.h>  // NOLINT
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   return path->Add(dir_name) && DeleteRecursively(path);
 }
 
 
 static bool DeleteRecursively(PathBuffer* path) {
   // Do not recurse into links for deletion. Instead delete the link.
   struct stat st;
   if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(lstat(path->data, &st)) == -1) {
     return false;
   } else if (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode)) {
-    return (remove(path->data) == 0);
+    if (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(stat(path->data, &st)) == -1) {
+      return false;
+    } else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+      return (unlink(path->data) == 0);
+    }
   }
 
   if (!path->Add(File::PathSeparator())) return false;
 
   // Not a link. Attempt to open as a directory and recurse into the
   // directory.
   DIR* dir_pointer;
   do {
     dir_pointer = opendir(path->data);
   } while (dir_pointer == NULL && errno == EINTR);
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   int length = strnlen(path.data, PATH_MAX);
   result = static_cast<char*>(malloc(length + 1));
   strncpy(result, path.data, length);
   result[length] = '\0';
   return result;
 }
 
 
 bool Directory::Delete(const char* dir_name, bool recursive) {
   if (!recursive) {
-    return (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(remove(dir_name)) == 0);
+    if (File::GetType(dir_name, false) == File::kIsLink &&
+        File::GetType(dir_name, true) == File::kIsDirectory) {
+      return (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(unlink(dir_name)) == 0);
+    }
+    return (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(rmdir(dir_name)) == 0);
   } else {
     PathBuffer path;
     if (!path.Add(dir_name)) {
       return false;
     }
     return DeleteRecursively(&path);
   }
 }
 
 
 bool Directory::Rename(const char* path, const char* new_path) {
   ExistsResult exists = Exists(path);
   if (exists != EXISTS) return false;
   return (TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(rename(path, new_path)) == 0);
 }
 
 #endif  // defined(TARGET_OS_LINUX)