X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/2d809ffafd3e1bde360c08f3be4b7d9a43ff5f0e..99fe98d37a39d26f5dea424926d0e0a082655fe5:/m4/lstat.m4

diff --git a/m4/lstat.m4 b/m4/lstat.m4
index 5f4db64a42..e143d5c8b5 100644
--- a/m4/lstat.m4
+++ b/m4/lstat.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# serial 26
+# serial 27
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -37,30 +37,28 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK],
     [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink],
     [rm -f conftest.sym conftest.file
      echo >conftest.file
-     if test "$as_ln_s" = "ln -s" && ln -s conftest.file conftest.sym; then
-       AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-         [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-            [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
-            [[struct stat sbuf;
-              /* Linux will dereference the symlink and fail, as required by
-                 POSIX.  That is better in the sense that it means we will not
-                 have to compile and use the lstat wrapper.  */
-              return lstat ("conftest.sym/", &sbuf) == 0;
-            ]])],
-         [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=yes],
-         [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no],
-         [case "$host_os" in
-                    # Guess yes on glibc systems.
-            *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing yes" ;;
-                    # If we don't know, assume the worst.
-            *)      gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing no" ;;
-          esac
-         ])
-     else
-       # If the 'ln -s' command failed, then we probably don't even
-       # have an lstat function.
-       gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing no"
-     fi
+     AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+       [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+          [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
+          [[struct stat sbuf;
+            if (symlink ("conftest.file", "conftest.sym") != 0)
+              return 1;
+            /* Linux will dereference the symlink and fail, as required by
+               POSIX.  That is better in the sense that it means we will not
+               have to compile and use the lstat wrapper.  */
+            return lstat ("conftest.sym/", &sbuf) == 0;
+          ]])],
+       [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=yes],
+       [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no],
+       [case "$host_os" in
+          *-gnu*)
+            # Guess yes on glibc systems.
+            gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing yes" ;;
+          *)
+            # If we don't know, assume the worst.
+            gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing no" ;;
+        esac
+       ])
      rm -f conftest.sym conftest.file
     ])
   case "$gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink" in