mv bug

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

GNU mv, when asked to move a file onto one of its hardlinked aliases,
does nothing.

# mv --version
mv (GNU fileutils) 4.1
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.

Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
# ls -l -i gcc i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 
 483620 -rwxr-xr-x    2 bin      bin        215969 May 12 15:03 gcc
 483620 -rwxr-xr-x    2 bin      bin        215969 May 12 15:03 
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
# mv gcc i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
# echo $?
0
# ls -l -i gcc i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc 
 483620 -rwxr-xr-x    2 bin      bin        215969 May 12 15:03 gcc
 483620 -rwxr-xr-x    2 bin      bin        215969 May 12 15:03 
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc

Still there! "gcc" should be gone!

Bruno