--- src/sbin/newfs/fscopy.c	2004/06/06 05:48:01	1.3
+++ src/sbin/newfs/fscopy.c	2004/06/26 22:54:01	1.4
@@ -347,8 +347,10 @@ FSPaste(const char *path, fsnode_t node,
 	    fprintf(stderr, "lutimes failed on %s\n", path);
 	if (lchmod(path, st->st_mode & ALLPERMS) < 0)
 	    fprintf(stderr, "lchmod failed on %s\n", path);
-	if (chflags(path, st->st_flags) < 0)
-	    fprintf(stderr, "chflags failed on %s\n", path);
+	if (!S_ISLNK(st->st_mode)) {
+	    if (chflags(path, st->st_flags) < 0)
+		fprintf(stderr, "chflags failed on %s\n", path);
+	}
     }
 }