remove check for destination is link

src/uu/install/src/install.rs

@@ -748,12 +748,17 @@ fn perform_backup(to: &Path, b: &Behavior) -> UResult<Option<PathBuf>> {
 /// Returns an empty Result or an error in case of failure.
 ///
 fn copy_file(from: &Path, to: &Path) -> UResult<()> {
- let dest_meta_res = fs::symlink_metadata(to);
- if let Ok(dest_meta) = dest_meta_res {
- if dest_meta.is_symlink() {
- // fs::copy fails if destination is a invalid symlink
- // so lets just remove all symlinks at destination before copy
- fs::remove_file(to)?;
+ // fs::copy fails if destination is a invalid symlink.
+ // so lets just remove all existing files at destination before copy.
+ match fs::remove_file(to) {
+ Ok(()) => {}
+ Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => { /* expected */ }
+ Err(e) => {
+ show_error!(
+ "Failed to remove existing file {}. Error: {:?}",
+ to.display(),
+ e
+ );
  }
  }