error

$ sudo dpkg -i  project_1.0_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 222072 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking project (from project_1.0_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing project_1.0_amd64.deb (--install):
 error creating hard link `./usr/local/bin/project-bin': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 project_1.0_amd64.deb

gistfile1.diff

index 43794fa..3c0080e 100644
--- a/lib/fpm/package/dir.rb
+++ b/lib/fpm/package/dir.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class FPM::Package::Dir < FPM::Package
     end

     # For single file copies, permit file destinations
-    if File.file?(source) && !File.directory?(destination)
+    if (File.file?(source) || File.symlink?(source)) && !File.directory?(destination)
       if destination[-1,1] == "/"
         copy(source, File.join(destination, source))
       else