bug#80508: coreutils ln creates bad symbolic link

Martin Schulte <[email protected]> Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:01:11 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Glenn,

Collin wrote:
> It is not a bug, but I agree the behavior is a bit awkward.

Just a litte note: Probably because of this (and possibly other reasons) the authors of GNU ln have added the -T option.

Just try
  ln -T -s ./BB aa

This will fail as you expected.

Best regards,

Martin