https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66972
Bug ID: 66972 Summary: Ada.Directories doesn't recognize dangling symlinks Product: gcc Version: 5.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: ada Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: pavel at zhukoff dot net Target Milestone: --- If symlink is broken Ada.Directories.Exists returns False (actually it's because stat64 returns ENOENT in __gnat_stat). Easy to reproduce: mkdir 'test' && cd 'test' && touch target && ln -s target link && rm target && cd - && ./del where del is: with Ada.Directories; procedure del is begin Ada.Directories.Delete_Tree ("test"); end del; The problem is even worse if Ada.Direcotiries.Delete_Tree was called and symlink's target was deleted before the symlink itself. raised ADA.IO_EXCEPTIONS.USE_ERROR : directory tree rooted at ".uuid" could not be deleted The similar issue was reported already but closed with UNCONFIRMED: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63222