2 # See if we need to provide symlink replacement.
4 dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
6 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
7 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
9 # Written by Eric Blake.
11 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_SYMLINK],
13 AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
14 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
15 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([symlink])
16 dnl The best we can do on mingw is provide a dummy that always fails, so
17 dnl that compilation can proceed with fewer ifdefs. On FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1,
18 dnl and Solaris 9, we want to fix a bug with trailing slash handling.
19 if test $ac_cv_func_symlink = no; then
22 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether symlink handles trailing slash correctly],
23 [gl_cv_func_symlink_works],
29 if (!symlink ("a", "conftest.link/"))
31 if (symlink ("conftest.f", "conftest.lnk2"))
33 else if (!symlink ("a", "conftest.lnk2/"))
37 [gl_cv_func_symlink_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_symlink_works=no],
39 # Guess yes on glibc systems.
40 *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_symlink_works="guessing yes" ;;
41 # If we don't know, assume the worst.
42 *) gl_cv_func_symlink_works="guessing no" ;;
45 rm -f conftest.f conftest.link conftest.lnk2])
46 case "$gl_cv_func_symlink_works" in