merging a link broken?

This seems like very basic brokedness, so I hope I'm missing something.
Using 1.4.3, but will upgrade if it can help.

In the trunk, have a directory with a file and a link
        L -> A

In one changeset, remove A, add B, and modify softlink to point at B

        L -> B

svn ci ...;
D A
A B
M L

Now try merging that changeset to a branch and you get an error about
the link-name not existing. It's as though it does the deletion
first in the merge, then tries the modify on the link, but tries
to access the *real* file and falls over. The new file isn't added
during the failed merge.

The link does have svn:special set to * for the link.

How do people deal with this?

TIA!

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Received on Tue Dec 4 22:47:01 2007