1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index e422794..1d15612 100755
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -2237,6 +2237,9 @@ class TarFile(object):
         try:
             # For systems that support symbolic and hard links.
             if tarinfo.issym():
+                if os.path.lexists(targetpath):
+                    # Avoid FileExistsError on following os.symlink.
+                    os.unlink(targetpath)
                 os.symlink(tarinfo.linkname, targetpath)
             else:
                 # See extract().