[BusyBox] [BusyBox 0000067]: cp -p produces misleading error message

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The following issue has been ASSIGNED.
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<http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=67> 
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Reported By:                vda
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   67
Category:                   Documentation
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             01-27-2005 07:10 PST
Last Modified:              03-16-2005 12:27 PST
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Summary:                    cp -p produces misleading error message
Description: 
cp -p produces misleading error message:

# ln -s symlink1 file1
# ln -s symlink2 file2
# busybox cp -p symlink1 symlink2
unable to remove symlink2: no such file or directory

Patch fixes this:

# busybox_fixed cp -p symlink1 symlink2
symlink2 exists

However, we still differ from coreutils cp,
is it worth fixing?

# cp -p symlink1 symlink2
#

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 vda - 01-27-05 07:12 
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My bad, I shoudn't type commands...
ln commands should read:

# ln -s file1 symlink1
# ln -s file2 symlink2

Issue History
Date Modified  Username       Field                    Change              
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01-27-05 07:10 vda            New Issue                                    
01-27-05 07:10 vda            File Added: copy_file.diff                    
01-27-05 07:12 vda            Note Added: 0000028                          
01-27-05 07:13 vda            Issue Monitored: vda                         
03-16-05 12:27 andersen       Assigned To              andersen => BusyBox 
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