diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index 4f76cb4..80f7ead 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -54,13 +54,6 @@ fi
 
 #
 # This is as good a place as any for a sanity check
-# /tmp should be a symlink to /var/tmp to cut down on the number
-# of mounted ramdisks.
-if test ! -L /tmp && test -d /var/tmp
-then
-	rm -rf /tmp
-	ln -sf /var/tmp /tmp
-fi
 
 # Set the system clock from hardware clock
 # If the timestamp is more recent than the current time,
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
index d2175d7..baee2ef 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/populate-volatile.sh
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ mk_dir() {
 }
 
 link_file() {
-	EXEC="test -e \"$2\" -o -L $2 || ln -s \"$1\" \"$2\" >/dev/tty0 2>&1" 
-
-	test "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = yes && echo "	$EXEC" >> /etc/volatile.cache.build
-	
-	[ -e "$2" ] && {
-	  echo "Cannot create link over existing -${TNAME}-." >&2
-	} || {
-	  eval $EXEC &
-	}
+	EXEC="
+	if [ -L \"$2\" ]; then
+		rm -f \"$2\";
+	elif [ -d \"$2\" ]; then
+		cp -rf \"$2/*\" \"$1\";
+		rm -rf \"$2\";
+	fi;
+	ln -sf \"$1\" \"$2\" "
+        test "$VOLATILE_ENABLE_CACHE" = yes && echo "   $EXEC" >> /etc/volatile.
+        eval $EXEC &
 }
 
 check_requirements() {
@@ -119,20 +120,17 @@ apply_cfgfile() {
     return 1
     }
 
-  cat ${CFGFILE} | grep -v "^#" | \
+  cat ${CFGFILE} | grep -v "^#" | sed -e '/^$/ d' | \
   while read LINE; do
 
     eval `echo "$LINE" | sed -n "s/\(.*\)\ \(.*\) \(.*\)\ \(.*\)\ \(.*\)\ \(.*\)/TTYPE=\1 ; TUSER=\2; TGROUP=\3; TMODE=\4; TNAME=\5 TLTARGET=\6/p"`
 
     [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Checking for -${TNAME}-."
 
-
     [ "${TTYPE}" = "l" ] && {
       TSOURCE="$TLTARGET"
-      [ -L "${TNAME}" ] || {
-        [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating link -${TNAME}- pointing to -${TSOURCE}-."
-        link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}" &
-        }
+      [ "${VERBOSE}" != "no" ] && echo "Creating link -${TNAME}- pointing to -${TSOURCE}-."
+      link_file "${TSOURCE}" "${TNAME}" &
       continue
       }
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
index e0741aa..f7e2ef7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/volatiles
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ l root root 1777 /var/lock /var/volatile/lock
 l root root 0755 /var/log /var/volatile/log
 l root root 0755 /var/run /var/volatile/run
 l root root 1777 /var/tmp /var/volatile/tmp
+l root root 1777 /tmp /var/tmp
 d root root 0755 /var/lock/subsys none
 f root root 0664 /var/log/wtmp none
 f root root 0664 /var/run/utmp none
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index d25838b..251dd06 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Initscripts provide the basic system startup initialization scrip
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe"
-PR = "r137"
+PR = "r138"
 
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"