bug#80508: coreutils ln creates bad symbolic link
Glenn <[email protected]> Sun, 1 Mar 2026 01:03:52 -0500
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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