1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/archival/libarchive/unsafe_symlink_target.c b/archival/libarchive/unsafe_symlink_target.c
index f8dc8033d..d9100f30f 100644
--- a/archival/libarchive/unsafe_symlink_target.c
+++ b/archival/libarchive/unsafe_symlink_target.c
@@ -10,18 +10,26 @@ void FAST_FUNC create_or_remember_link(llist_t **link_placeholders,
                 const char *linkname,
                 int hard_link)
 {
+#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
+        /* defer reporting error if symlink(2) fails on Windows */
+        if (hard_link || target[0] == '/' || strstr(target, "..") ||
+                        symlink(target, linkname) != 0) {
+#else
         if (hard_link || target[0] == '/' || strstr(target, "..")) {
+#endif
                 llist_add_to_end(link_placeholders,
                         xasprintf("%c%s%c%s", hard_link, linkname, '\0', target)
                 );
                 return;
         }
+#if !ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
         if (symlink(target, linkname) != 0) {
                 /* shared message */
                 bb_perror_msg_and_die("can't create %slink '%s' to '%s'",
                         "sym", linkname, target
                 );
         }
+#endif
 }
 
 void FAST_FUNC create_links_from_list(llist_t *list)