diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
index 0e988f2a0081803f5ee30adbf7a548c2c8a00a05..a0c804c8171d021780680f11901680d4c7e89e0b 100644 (file)
--- a/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/merge-recursive.c
char *lnk = xmemdupz(buf, size);
safe_create_leading_directories_const(path);
unlink(path);
- symlink(lnk, path);
+ if (symlink(lnk, path))
+ die("failed to symlink %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
free(lnk);
} else
die("do not know what to do with %06o %s '%s'",