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| -rw-r--r-- | src/property/file.lisp | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/property/file.lisp b/src/property/file.lisp index 2612805..e2435c7 100644 --- a/src/property/file.lisp +++ b/src/property/file.lisp @@ -249,8 +249,12 @@ directory, you can use one or more '../', or an absolute path." (failed-change "~A exists but is not a symbolic link." from)) (if (and link (string= (remote-link-target from) to)) :no-change - (progn - (containing-directory-exists from) (mrun "ln" "-sf" to from))))) + (progn (containing-directory-exists from) + ;; With at least GNU ln(1), passing -f, but not also -T, does + ;; not replace an existing link in some cases. + ;; -T is not POSIX, so we just remove any existing link first. + (does-not-exist from) + (mrun "ln" "-sf" to from))))) (:unapply (declare (ignore to)) (if (remote-test "-L" from) |