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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 2014 08:20:32 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 191974] ln(1): |ln -sF| never calls rmdir(2) on target_file == target_dir, only target_dir/basename
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eugen@grosbein.net changed:

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--- Comment #3 from eugen@grosbein.net ---
The flag -F was introduced solely for creating symlinks for directories. Hard
links for a directory is not permitted in FreeBSD, so -s flag is needed
(otherwise, -F is ignored).

One should not use -F for non-directory source, it's meaningless indeed.

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