[I reposted this because it bounced. Sorry if you get this twice.] ado@elsie.nci.nih.gov (Arthur David Olson) writes:

--- 601,619 ---- if (!itsdir(toname)) (void) remove(toname); if (link(fromname, toname) != 0) { + int result; + if (mkdirs(toname) != 0) (void) exit(EXIT_FAILURE); ! result = link(fromname, toname); ! #if (HAVE_SYMLINK - 0) ! if (result != 0) { ! result = symlink(fromname, toname); ! if (result == 0) ! warning(_("hard link failed, symbolic link used")); ! } ! #endif ! if (result != 0) { const char *e = strerror(errno);

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If you decide to emit a warning in the case an symlink is used there should also be a possibility to prevent this. It's not nice for people who have a setup which is effected by this change to be "punished" with a warning everytime though they already know this happens. So I suggest to use either an option to force using symlinks or an option to make zic quiet. I very much prefer the first. Thanks, -- Uli ---------------. drepper at gnu.org ,-. Rubensstrasse 5 Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ 76149 Karlsruhe/Germany Cygnus Solutions `--' drepper at cygnus.com `------------------------ --UAA02321.886276016/ilk.de--