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Date:      Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:37:32 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ngie Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r320172 - head/bin/ln
Message-ID:  <20170621133732.GA44693@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201706202046.v5KKk8Zd034737@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201706202046.v5KKk8Zd034737@repo.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 08:46:08PM +0000, Ngie Cooper wrote:
> New Revision: 320172
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320172
> 
> Log:
>   ln(1): fix -F behavior
>   
>   When '-F' option is used, the target directory needs to be unlinked.
>   Currently, the modified target ("target/source") is being unlinked, and
>   since it doesn't yet exist, the original target isn't removed.
>   This is fixed by skipping the block where target is modified to
>   "target/source" when '-F' option is set.
>   Hence, a symbolic link (with the same name as of the original target) to
>   the source_file is produced.

Is this about the same problem I've asked asked on -hackers@ back in 2015
(and never got any answer)?

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2015-January/046939.html

./danfe



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