svn commit: r320172 - head/bin/ln

[Alan Somers]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 08:46:08PM +0000, Ngie Cooper wrote:
>> New Revision: 320172
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/320172
>>
>> Log:
>>   ln(1): fix -F behavior
>>
>>   When '-F' option is used, the target directory needs to be unlinked.
>>   Currently, the modified target ("target/source") is being unlinked, and
>>   since it doesn't yet exist, the original target isn't removed.
>>   This is fixed by skipping the block where target is modified to
>>   "target/source" when '-F' option is set.
>>   Hence, a symbolic link (with the same name as of the original target) to
>>   the source_file is produced.
>
> Is this about the same problem I've asked asked on -hackers@ back in 2015
> (and never got any answer)?
>
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2015-January/046939.html
>
> ./danfe

Yep, shivansh rediscovered the same problem.  Sorry nobody noticed
your original post.
-Alan