- fix failure of aggregatepac when target package exists only via project link

osc/core.py

@@ -3214,6 +3214,7 @@ def meta_exists(metatype,
                 data = StringIO(data % template_args).readlines()
         else:
             raise e
+
     return data
 
 def make_meta_url(metatype, path_args=None, apiurl=None, force=False):
@@ -4275,7 +4276,14 @@ def aggregate_pac(src_project, src_package, dst_project, dst_package, repo_map =
                                path_args=(quote_plus(dst_project), quote_plus(dst_package)),
                                template_args=None,
                                create_new=False, apiurl=apiurl)
+        root = ET.fromstring(''.join(dst_meta))
+        if root.get('project') != dst_project:
+            # The source comes from a different project via a project link, we need to create this instance
+            meta_change = True
     except:
+        meta_change = True
+
+    if meta_change:
         src_meta = show_package_meta(apiurl, src_project, src_package)
         dst_meta = replace_pkg_meta(src_meta, dst_package, dst_project)
         meta_change = True