GNU bug report logs - #28927
ln -fs dir name doesn't force

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 28927 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28927: ln -fs dir name doesn't force
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:31:07 -0600

tags 28927 notabug
close 28927
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 2017-10-21 12:53 p.m., Andreas Schwab wrote:
> On Okt 21 2017, "Sven C. Dack" <sven.c.dack <at> sky.com> 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.
> 

Given the above, and no further comments in a year,
I'm closing this bug.

-assaf

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