GNU bug report logs - #6960
mv refuses to move a symlink over a hard link to the same file

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Matt McCutchen <matt <at> mattmccutchen.net>

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:27:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #86 received at 6960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 6960 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk <at> MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: bug#6960: mv refuses to move a symlink over a hard link to the
	same file
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:35:25 +0100

Jim Meyering wrote:
...
> Thanks for the review!

I've pushed that fix:

    http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=d1b0155d805ce

and am marking this "done".

I've created a new ticket for the task of making
'mv --backup=numbered ...' atomic:

   http://bugs.gnu.org/10679
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