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#2745
Originally Posted by titan View Post
that's the expected behavior of "ln -sf" (force). in your case it wouldn't break anything
and would take effect only after you install the package.
No this is not expected. "-s create symbolic link", "-f don't ask if overwriting".

There is no parameter for "don't tell miwalter if the source to symlink to does not exist"

Edit: I hate unix. "remove existing destination files" - that seems to imply "and don't tell anyone if I cannot work"...