Re: [PATCH 3/4] _AS_LN_S_PREPARE: default to 'cp -pR' on OS/2

[KO Myung-Hun]

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Hi/2.

Eric Blake wrote:
> On 09/22/2014 12:59 AM, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>> On OS/2, any others than kLIBC have no symlinks.
> 
> Any other what?  Do you mean:
> 
> On OS/2, only kLIBC provides symlinks, and not all executables link
> with kLIBC
> 
> ?  Or something else?
> 

On OS/2, only the executables and dlls linked against kLIBC support
symlinks. Any others not linked against kLIBC do not know symlinks at
all, and just treat them as normal files containing a link entry.

>> 
>> * lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 (_AS_LN_S_PREPARE): Subject. --- 
>> lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 |    9 +++++---- 1 files changed, 5
>> insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 b/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 index
>> a94999e..8f6d184 100644 --- a/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 +++
>> b/lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4 @@ -1189,12 +1189,13 @@ fi if (echo
>> >conf$$.file) 2>/dev/null; then if ln -s conf$$.file conf$$
>> 2>/dev/null; then as_ln_s='ln -s' -    # ... but there are two
>> gotchas: +    # ... but there are three gotchas: # 1) On MSYS,
>> both `ln -s file dir' and `ln file dir' fail. # 2) DJGPP < 2.04
>> has no symlinks; `ln -s' creates a wrapper executable. -    # In
>> both cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'. -    ln -s
>> conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f conf$$.exe || -
>> as_ln_s='cp -pR' +    # 3) On OS/2, any others than kLIBC has no
>> symlinks. +    # In three cases, we have to default to `cp -pR'. 
>> +    ln -s conf$$.file conf$$.dir 2>/dev/null && test ! -f
>> conf$$.exe && +      test -z "$OS2_SHELL" || as_ln_s='cp -pR'
> 
> Is the goal here to unconditionally use 'cp -pR' if OS2_SHELL is
> set?
> 

Yes.

>> elif ln conf$$.file conf$$ 2>/dev/null; then as_ln_s=ln else
>> 
> 

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KO Myung-Hun

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