https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63222
--- Comment #2 from Pavel Zhukov <pavel at zhukoff dot net> --- 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