Hi, could the appended patch be considered for the next tzcode release? It is an IMO cleaner rewrite since it preserve the old semantic and allows the symlink function (which isn't available on SysV) be skipped by defining a simple symbol. Thanks, -- Uli ---------------. drepper at gnu.org ,-. Rubensstrasse 5 Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ 76149 Karlsruhe/Germany Cygnus Solutions `--' drepper at cygnus.com `------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Index: zic.c =================================================================== RCS file: /egcs/carton/cvsfiles/libc/time/zic.c,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -c -r1.22 zic.c *** zic.c 1997/12/22 20:49:08 1.22 --- zic.c 1998/01/20 23:09:26 *************** *** 601,610 **** if (!itsdir(toname)) (void) remove(toname); if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { ! if (mkdirs(toname) != 0) ! (void) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); ! if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { ! const char *e = strerror(errno); (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't link from %s to %s: %s\n"), --- 601,623 ---- if (!itsdir(toname)) (void) remove(toname); if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { ! int failure = errno; ! if (failure == ENOENT) ! if (mkdirs(toname) != 0) ! failure = errno; ! else if (link(fromname, toname) == 0) ! failure = 0; ! else ! failure = errno; ! #ifndef MISSING_SYMLINK ! if (failure == EXDEV) ! if (symlink(fromname, toname) != 0) ! failure = errno; ! else ! failure = 0; ! #endif ! if (failure) { ! const char *e = strerror(failure); (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s: Can't link from %s to %s: %s\n"),