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

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I've built Groff 1.21 on MS-Windows using the MinGW tools, and hit a
> small snag when installing the result.  The `install' target in the
> top-level Makefile ends with this command
> 
>         $(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?


    Werner