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From: perso@hack-libre.org
Subject: zsh incorrectly report broken symlink for executable
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Hi,=0A=0AWhen I symlink an executable and that executable is moved, zsh d=
oesn=E2=80=99t offer completion when using absolute path for it and=0Arep=
orts that the original file is not found.=0A=0ATo reproducing the issue:=
=0A$ ln -s file_that_does_not_exist broken_link=0A$ ./broken<TAB>_link=0A=
zsh: no such file or directory: ./broken_link=0A$ /home/myuser/broken<TAB=
> # nothing happens=0A=0AWhat should happen:=0A=0A- zsh should complete a=
lways to not confuse the user (the file exists!)=0A- zsh should display a=
 better error message like:=0Azsh: symlink points to inexistent file or d=
irectory: ./broken_link=0A=0AThanks by advance.