bug#80508: coreutils ln creates bad symbolic link

Glenn <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:03:52 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.core-utils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Great  explanation

Been doing this for 50 years or so.

I guess I leaned something new today.

But in this industry that is all we ever do is learn. Helps the brain 
stay sharp.

Thanks a lot.

Glenn

On 2/28/26 3:01 AM, Martin Schulte wrote:
> 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