Changing symlink targets doesn't work

[VorpalBlade]

Creating/removing symlinks work, but changing what existing symlinks point to doesn't work.

Would apply file system changes:
 /etc/alternatives/awk: symlink to /usr/bin/gawk
 /etc/alternatives/awk.1.gz: symlink to /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz
 /etc/alternatives/nawk: symlink to /usr/bin/gawk
 /etc/alternatives/nawk.1.gz: symlink to /usr/share/man/man1/gawk.1.gz
Do you want to apply these changes? [Yes/Abort/Skip/Interactive (change by change)] y
2024-08-17T09:12:08.819301Z  INFO konfigkoll_core::apply: Applying: /etc/alternatives/awk: symlink to /usr/bin/gawk
Error: Error while applying files

Caused by:
    0: Failed to create symlink
    1: File exists (os error 17)