[issue45226] Misleading error message when pathlib.Path.symlink_to() fails with permissions error

Maor Feldinger added the comment: Oh I see what you mean, sorry about that, maybe the comperison to `os.symlink()` was wrong. It still feels wrong to me with since I am trying to make src symlink(point) to target and in the error message it looks like I am trying to do the other way

[issue45226] Misleading error message when pathlib.Path.symlink_to() fails with permissions error

Barney Gale added the comment: `os.symlink()` and `pathlib.Path.symlink_to()` have reversed argument orders, but in the repro steps you're supplying arguments in the same order. -- nosy: +barneygale ___ Python tracker

[issue45226] Misleading error message when pathlib.Path.symlink_to() fails with permissions error

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[issue45226] Misleading error message when pathlib.Path.symlink_to() fails with permissions error

New submission from Maor Feldinger : Reproduction Steps: --- Create a symlink in a directory without permissions: >>> from pathlib import Path >>> >>> target = Path('/tmp/tmp/target') >>>