Re: Minor issue with "make install" on MS-Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:13:29 +0100 (CET)
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>
> 
> 
> >       $(LN_S) $(version)$(revision) current
> > 
> > Since native Windows does not support symlinks, LN_S is set to by
> > the `configure' script "cp -p".  However, "cp -p" by default skips
> > directories, so this last command fails and the `current' directory
> > is not produced.
> > 
> > I fixed that by saying "make install LN_S='cp -pr'", but I suggest
> > to modify the configury to DTRT out of the box in this case.
> 
> Thanks for the report.  What fix do you suggest?

The one you proposed to Autoconf maintainers: use "cp -pr" even for
files.