Subject: bug#28927: ln -fs dir name doesn't force

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 20:53:19 +0200

On Okt 21 2017, "Sven C. Dack" <[email-masked]> wrote:

> The link should have been set to "bar" with the "-f" or "--force" option,
> shouldn't it?

The file baz/bar has been overwritten.  You need to use -n if you want
to overwrite a link to a directory.

Andreas.

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