>From cbc427485e8c202b8aeae567f99c4a080a55adac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:19:43 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] cp: 'cp -il A B' no longer fails if user OKs it

* NEWS: Mention the change.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Replace the link if the
user has okayed it.
---
 NEWS       | 4 ++++
 src/copy.c | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 77c26df4d..0fea1a118 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+  When B already exists, 'cp -il A B' no longer immediately fails
+  after asking the user whether to proceed.
+  [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+
   df no longer corrupts displayed multibyte characters on macOS.
 
 ** New features
diff --git a/src/copy.c b/src/copy.c
index 1a9cdd1a8..417147bc2 100644
--- a/src/copy.c
+++ b/src/copy.c
@@ -2657,9 +2657,9 @@ copy_internal (char const *src_name, char const *dst_name,
            && !(! CAN_HARDLINK_SYMLINKS && S_ISLNK (src_mode)
                 && x->dereference == DEREF_NEVER))
     {
-      if (! create_hard_link (src_name, dst_name,
-                              x->unlink_dest_after_failed_open,
-                              false, dereference))
+      bool replace = (x->unlink_dest_after_failed_open
+                      || x->interactive == I_ASK_USER);
+      if (! create_hard_link (src_name, dst_name, replace, false, dereference))
         goto un_backup;
     }
   else if (S_ISREG (src_mode)
-- 
2.17.2