GNU bug report logs - #59986
30.0.50; Can't trash file with broken symbolic link

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 59986 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59986: 30.0.50; Can't trash file with broken symbolic link
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:39:31 +0300

I have manually applied that patch as I do not know how to
apply it directly. Am I supposed to use `patch' command? 

I have tested your patch and it can delete dangling symlinks
and moves them to Trash. And I could observe it adds ~N~ to
file names, so it works well.

  lrwxrwxrwx 1    9 Dec 15 17:51 more -> something
  lrwxrwxrwx 1    9 Dec 16 09:37 more.~1~ -> something
  lrwxrwxrwx 1    9 Dec 16 09:37 more.~2~ -> something
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 1.5K Sep 15  2018 

Thanks much.


Jean

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