-n option doesn't prevent symlink from being removed if copy needed

[Joe Ramey]

I am using cfengine version 2.0.3.

I have a simple cfengine.conf file:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
control:

  actionsequence = (
                     copy
                    )

copy:

    /etc/ar.master dest=/etc/ar mode=0444 owner=root group=root type=checksum
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Suppose /etc/ar is currently a symlink:

$ ls -l /etc/ar*
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     other          7 Jul  9 18:54 /etc/ar -> ar.real
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     sys           59 Jun 28 16:30 /etc/ar.cfsaved
-r--r--r--   1 root     other        129 Jul  9 18:53 /etc/ar.master
-r--r--r--   1 root     other        129 Jul  9 17:57 /etc/ar.real
$ 

When I run cfagent with the `-v -n' options it removes the symlink:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Checking copy from localhost:/etc/ar.master to /etc/ar
Removing old symbolic link /etc/ar to make way for copy
Need this: /etc/ar wasn't at destination (copying)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$ ls -l /etc/ar*
-rw-rw-r--   1 root     sys           59 Jun 28 16:30 /etc/ar.cfsaved
-r--r--r--   1 root     other        129 Jul  9 18:53 /etc/ar.master
-r--r--r--   1 root     other        129 Jul  9 17:57 /etc/ar.real
$  

I would expect it to maybe say something like:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Need to remove old symbolic link /etc/ar to make way for copy
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but not to actually remove the link since I specified -n.