ln: avoid unlinking destination before hard-link source validation#11400
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uutils
ln -funlinks an existing destination before attempting a hard link, so a missing source deletes the destination even though link creation fails.GNU
lnattempts linking first and only removes and retries when replacement is actually possible.Reproduction Steps
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ln -fcan silently destroy existing files when the source path is wrong or disappears, breaking GNU compatibility and causing data loss in scripts that rely on force-replace semantics.