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Installer bug with symlinks


The installer can make a directory for new files even if there is already an existing directory symlink of the same name.

I discovered the problem when upgrading where I had a custom X11 build. I moved /usr/X11R6 to /usr/X11R6.dist, and made the symlink /usr/X11R6 -> /usr/X11R6.build. When updating some packages with files in /usr/X11R6, I ended up with new files installed in /usr/X11R6 while the symlink name of the same name still existed.

Joe Krahn

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