Fix cp -a confusion bug.

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+2004-08-11  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
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+	* src/copy.c (copy_internal): When preserving links, unlink
+	a destination with link count greater than one.  This is so
+	that commands like "cp -a" don't get confused when copying into
+	a destination that already contains many hard links.  Problem
+	reported by Tim Waugh in:
+	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-08/msg00053.html
+
 2004-08-10  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
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