id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	difficulty
1863	delete-file and delete-file* inconsistency	fa11-1eaf		"While trying to delete an invalid symbolic link file (for which the linked file is deleted), delete-file function succeeds, while delete-file* returns false.
I have conducted a research which showed me that file-exists? on such invalid link also returns false, as it calls stat, and, therefore, follows symbolic links.
I have prepared a patch which replaces stat with lstat. If that approach is not acceptable, I can try to fix it in a more preferred way.

How to reproduce:
$ touch some-file
$ ln -s some-file some-link
$ rm some-file
$ csi -e '(import (chicken file)) (print (file-exists? ""some-link""))'
"	defect	new	minor	someday	unknown	5.3.0		delete-file delete-file* file-exists stat lstat		trivial