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[Nick Rosbrook <2116859@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Title:
  `cp -a` fails to copy symlink to directory

Status in coreutils-from package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in rust-coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in yaru-theme package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  uutils `cp -a` fails to copy a symlink-to-an-existing-directory into
  another directory

  mkdir foo
  mkdir dst
  ln -s foo bar
  cp -a bar dst
  > cp: cannot create symlink 'dst' to 'foo': File exists (os error 17)

  gnucp -a bar dst --verbose
  > 'bar' -> 'dst/bar'

  This affects dh_install when a symlink to an existing directory is
  listed in debian/install

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