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diff --git a/coreutils/ln.c b/coreutils/ln.c
index cd6e470..231a3bf 100644
--- a/coreutils/ln.c
+++ b/coreutils/ln.c
@@ -49,36 +49,39 @@ int ln_main(int argc, char **argv)
src = last;
if (is_directory(src,
- (flag & LN_NODEREFERENCE) ^ LN_NODEREFERENCE,
- NULL)) {
+ (flag & LN_NODEREFERENCE) ^ LN_NODEREFERENCE,
+ NULL)) {
src_name = xstrdup(*argv);
src = concat_path_file(src, bb_get_last_path_component(src_name));
free(src_name);
src_name = src;
}
if (!(flag & LN_SYMLINK) && stat(*argv, &statbuf)) {
- bb_perror_msg("%s", *argv);
- status = EXIT_FAILURE;
- free(src_name);
- continue;
+ // coreutils: "ln dangling_symlink new_hardlink" works
+ if (lstat(*argv, &statbuf) || !S_ISLNK(statbuf.st_mode)) {
+ bb_perror_msg("%s", *argv);
+ status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ free(src_name);
+ continue;
+ }
}
if (flag & LN_BACKUP) {
- char *backup;
- backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
- if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
- bb_perror_msg("%s", src);
- status = EXIT_FAILURE;
- free(backup);
- continue;
- }
+ char *backup;
+ backup = xasprintf("%s%s", src, suffix);
+ if (rename(src, backup) < 0 && errno != ENOENT) {
+ bb_perror_msg("%s", src);
+ status = EXIT_FAILURE;
free(backup);
- /*
- * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
- * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
- * Therefore, always unlink().
- */
- unlink(src);
+ continue;
+ }
+ free(backup);
+ /*
+ * When the source and dest are both hard links to the same
+ * inode, a rename may succeed even though nothing happened.
+ * Therefore, always unlink().
+ */
+ unlink(src);
} else if (flag & LN_FORCE) {
unlink(src);
}