[New-bugs-announce] [issue29657] os.symlink: FileExistsError shows wrong message

[Wolfgang Rohdewald]

New submission from Wolfgang Rohdewald:

execute the attached script. It should return

FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'a_link' -> 'a'

but it returns

FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'a' -> 'a_link'

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components: Library (Lib)
files: x.py
messages: 288591
nosy: wrohdewald
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.symlink: FileExistsError shows wrong message
versions: Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file46671/x.py

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