From 224fff6a3a026124d8efb07f8b66645b8901832e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:07:53 +0000
Subject: (do_link): Warn that making a hard link to a symbolic link is not
 portable.

---
 src/ln.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/ln.c')

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 5307d67cc..759c450b3 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
 	  return 1;
 	}
 
+      if (S_ISLNK (source_stats.st_mode))
+	{
+	  error (0, 0, _("%s: warning: making a hard link to a symbolic link\
+ is not portable"),
+		 source);
+	}
+
       if (!hard_dir_link && S_ISDIR (source_stats.st_mode))
 	{
 	  error (0, 0, _("%s: hard link not allowed for directory"), source);
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