fails to copy my.cnf if it is a symlink

[Jay2k1]

Using mylvmbackup 0.15, if you for example set "mycnf=/etc/mysql/my.cnf" but that file is a symlink, like my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf, the operation fails with

Error: Could not copy /etc/mysql/my.cnf to /var/cache/mylvmbackup/mnt/backup-cnf-20170830_183218_mysql: File exists

strace:

lstat("/etc/mysql/my.cnf", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=24, ...}) = 0
readlink("/etc/mysql/my.cnf", "/etc/alternatives/my.cnf", 4095) = 24
stat("/etc/alternatives/my.cnf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=869, ...}) = 0
readlink("/etc/mysql/my.cnf", "/etc/alternatives/my.cnf", 4095) = 24
symlink("/etc/alternatives/my.cnf", "/var/cache/mylvmbackup/mnt/backup-cnf-20170830_183218_mysql") = -1 EEXIST (File exists)

[Jay2k1 (info-jay2k1)]

Further info: Debian Stretch seems to create the symlink. /etc/alternatives/my.cnf is another symlink, which points to /etc/alternatives/my.cnf.

Setting /etc/alternatives/my.cnf as mycnf in the config file produces the same error, setting /etc/alternatives/my.cnf works.

[Jay2k1 (info-jay2k1)]

Sorry, whatever went wrong there.
/etc/alternatives/my.cnf is a symlink that points to /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf. The latter works in the config.