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-rw-r--r--src/ln.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index c7345a47a..ec85c8100 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
equivalent: `ln -f k k' (with or without --backup) to get
beyond this point, because the error message you'd get is
misleading. */
- && (backup_type == none || !symlink)
+ && (backup_type == none || !symbolic_link)
&& (!symbolic_link || stat (source, &source_stats) == 0)
&& source_stats.st_dev == dest_stats.st_dev
&& source_stats.st_ino == dest_stats.st_ino