cp: fix backup of destination symlink #5731
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When using
cp -b a symlink
, GNUcp
backupssymlink
assymlink~
and then overwritessymlink
witha
(and thussymlink
is no longer a symlink). uutilscp
, on the other hand, backups the target of the symlink assymlink~
and then overwrites the target of the symlink witha
(and thussymlink
remains a symlink). This PR fixes this behavior.