2 dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LINK],
9 AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
10 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
11 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([link])
12 if test $ac_cv_func_link = no; then
15 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether link obeys POSIX],
16 [gl_cv_func_link_works],
18 # Assume that if we have lstat, we can also check symlinks.
19 if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
20 ln -s conftest.a conftest.lnk
28 if (!link ("conftest.a", "conftest.b/"))
31 if (!link ("conftest.lnk/", "conftest.b"))
33 if (rename ("conftest.a", "conftest.b"))
35 if (!link ("conftest.b", "conftest.lnk"))
40 [gl_cv_func_link_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_link_works=no],
42 # Guess yes on glibc systems.
43 *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing yes" ;;
44 # If we don't know, assume the worst.
45 *) gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing no" ;;
48 rm -f conftest.a conftest.b conftest.lnk])
49 case "$gl_cv_func_link_works" in