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Date:      Mon, 22 Mar 2021 22:38:36 +0000
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Subject:   [Bug 254489] Command 'ln -sfF' behaves unreasonably: it deletes the target directory and then fails
Message-ID:  <bug-254489-227-RSuPxD7VRe@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #3 from Yuri Victorovich <yuri@freebsd.org> ---
There is an ambiguity here: target_file vs. target of the link.

When the user specifies "-F" he means "target of the link" (the object being
created). IMO a correct fix here is to fix ln(1) to apply "-F" to the "targ=
et
of the link", and to correct the manpage accordingly.

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