Re: Autotest: make test dir writable before removing

[Stepan Kasal]

Hello Ralf,

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 01:02:48PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> * Stepan Kasal wrote on Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 11:15:01AM CEST:
> > I cannot imagine a real danger with links.
> 
> See my other reply -- symlinks to files may cause modes of files outside
> the test dir to be changed (tested on Solaris).

> > I committed another patch,
> AFAICS, it leaves the symlink problem unaddressed.

you are right, I was too quick again.  My patch should be removed and
replaced by your one.  Sorry.

Let's wait for Paul's review of your last patch first.

> > First, I have to admit that I don't understand this, so I cannot fix it.
> 
> I meant to say: "Even if CVS Autoconf has this fixed, Libtool needs to
> add a workaround to its present tests in order to maintain compatibility
> with Autoconf-2.59".

Thanks for explanation.

Stepan