bug#6516: [patch] improving error messages for when 'ln' fails

2010-06-27 Thread Jim Meyering
Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Trying to make a link that already exists, 'ln' prints a message that > is slightly confusing, especially when using '-v' and thus expexting > a progress message. For example: > > $ ln -sv bash /bin/sh > ln: creating symbolic link '/bin/sh': File exists > > The 'creating

bug#6516: [patch] improving error messages for when 'ln' fails

2010-06-26 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Hi, Trying to make a link that already exists, 'ln' prints a message that is slightly confusing, especially when using '-v' and thus expexting a progress message. For example: $ ln -sv bash /bin/sh ln: creating symbolic link '/bin/sh': File exists The 'creating..." seems to say that the link i