From b7138e1052fd632ad86c3be44dfb1557d9eaa860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:48:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (same_file_ok): When moving a symlink onto itself, don't
 remove the symlink.  Reported by David Luyer as Debian bug#82089, via Michael
 Stone.

---
 src/copy.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index f07a9ea..b5e0989 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ same_file_ok (const char *src_path, const struct stat *src_sb,
 	 know this here IFF preserving symlinks (aka xstat == lstat),
 	 then it's ok.  */
       if (S_ISLNK (src_sb->st_mode) && S_ISLNK (dst_sb->st_mode))
-	return 1;
+	return ! same_name (src_path, dst_path);
 
       src_sb_link = src_sb;
       dst_sb_link = dst_sb;
-- 
2.7.4