1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cp.c b/src/cp.c
index c1415b790..9eef69c9f 100644
--- a/src/cp.c
+++ b/src/cp.c
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ main (argc, argv)
 #ifdef S_ISLNK
 	  flag_symbolic_link = 1;
 #else
-	  error (0, 0, "symbolic links not supported; making hard links");
-	  flag_hard_link = 1;
+	  error (1, 0, "symbolic links are not supported on this system");
 #endif
 	  break;