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# link.m4 serial 9
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AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LINK],
[
  AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([link])
  if test $ac_cv_func_link = no; then
    HAVE_LINK=0
  else
    AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether link obeys POSIX],
      [gl_cv_func_link_works],
      [touch conftest.a
       # Assume that if we have lstat, we can also check symlinks.
       if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
         ln -s conftest.a conftest.lnk
       fi
       AC_RUN_IFELSE(
         [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
           [[#include <unistd.h>
             #include <stdio.h>
           ]],
           [[int result = 0;
             if (!link ("conftest.a", "conftest.b/"))
               result |= 1;
#if HAVE_LSTAT
             if (!link ("conftest.lnk/", "conftest.b"))
               result |= 2;
             if (rename ("conftest.a", "conftest.b"))
               result |= 4;
             if (!link ("conftest.b", "conftest.lnk"))
               result |= 8;
#endif
             return result;
           ]])],
         [gl_cv_func_link_works=yes], [gl_cv_func_link_works=no],
         [case "$host_os" in
                           # Guess yes on glibc systems.
            *-gnu* | gnu*) gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing yes" ;;
                           # If we don't know, assume the worst.
            *)             gl_cv_func_link_works="guessing no" ;;
          esac
         ])
       rm -f conftest.a conftest.b conftest.lnk])
    case "$gl_cv_func_link_works" in
      *yes) ;;
      *)
        REPLACE_LINK=1
        ;;
    esac
  fi
])
author	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@gnu.org>
date	Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:30:07 +0100
parents	66a613c135a8
children	10eb9086bea0