Subject: Re: bug#13742: Is this soft link directory bug?

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:09:15 -0800

I don't know why you got the behavior you describe.
My guess is that you have a command 'ln' that is
not exactly the same as GNU coreutils 'ln'.  The
fact that you have a command 'll' suggests that you
have wrappers or aliases or something, and 'ln' may
be one of those.