From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:02:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (do_link): Perform S_ISLNK test only if lstat succeeded.
X-Git-Tag: TEXTUTILS-1_22a~38
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c2bbb8e875e989f9d3234a116d15afeb9f0125fc;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(do_link): Perform S_ISLNK test only if lstat succeeded.
---

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 5e480a2a4e..abe88f5dd7 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
        && S_ISDIR (dest_stats.st_mode))
 #ifdef S_ISLNK
       || (dereference_dest_dir_symlinks
-	  && (S_ISLNK (dest_stats.st_mode)
-	  && isdir (dest)))
+	  && (lstat_status == 0
+	      && S_ISLNK (dest_stats.st_mode)
+	      && isdir (dest)))
 #endif
      )
     {