From f3e79ba6e3b3bfa380241205829d0a78570c9af3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kraai <kraai@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 02:35:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix symlink removal problem noted by Erik Andersen.

---
 libbb/remove_file.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libbb/remove_file.c b/libbb/remove_file.c
index 52b3211e6..23be40429 100644
--- a/libbb/remove_file.c
+++ b/libbb/remove_file.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 	struct stat path_stat;
 	int path_exists = 1;
 
-	if (stat(path, &path_stat) < 0) {
+	if (lstat(path, &path_stat) < 0) {
 		if (errno != ENOENT) {
 			perror_msg("unable to stat `%s'", path);
 			return -1;
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ extern int remove_file(const char *path, int flags)
 		return status;
 	} else {
 		if ((!(flags & FILEUTILS_FORCE) && access(path, W_OK) < 0 &&
+					!S_ISLNK(path_stat.st_mode) &&
 					isatty(0)) ||
 				(flags & FILEUTILS_INTERACTIVE)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: remove `%s'? ", applet_name, path);