[ChangeLog]

Work around some portability problems with symlinks.
* Makefile.in (GNULIB_MODULES): Add lstat, readlink, symlink.
* configure.in (lstat, HAVE_LSTAT): Remove special hack.
* lib/lstat.c, lib/readlink.c, lib/stat.c, lib/symlink.c:
* m4/dos.m4, m4/lstat.m4, m4/readlink.m4, m4/stat.m4, m4/symlink.m4:
New files, automatically generated from gnulib.
* aclocal.m4, configure, lib/Makefile.in, lib/gnulib.mk:
* lib/stdlib.in.h, m4/gl-comp.m4, m4/stdlib_h.m4: Regenerate.

2011-02-22  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
[src/ChangeLog]
Work around some portability problems with symlinks.
* fileio.c (Frename_file, Fmake_symbolic_link, Ffile_symlink_p):
Simplify the code by assuming that the readlink and symlink calls
exist, even if they always fail on this host.
(Ffile_readable_p): Likewise, for fifos.
* config.in: Regenerate.

1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/symlink.c b/lib/symlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2896cc9655b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/symlink.c
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+/* Stub for symlink().
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification.  */
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+
+#if HAVE_SYMLINK
+
+# undef symlink
+
+/* Create a symlink, but reject trailing slash.  */
+int
+rpl_symlink (char const *contents, char const *name)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen (name);
+  if (len && name[len - 1] == '/')
+    {
+      struct stat st;
+      if (lstat (name, &st) == 0)
+        errno = EEXIST;
+      return -1;
+    }
+  return symlink (contents, name);
+}
+
+#else /* !HAVE_SYMLINK */
+
+/* The system does not support symlinks.  */
+int
+symlink (char const *contents _GL_UNUSED,
+         char const *name _GL_UNUSED)
+{
+  errno = ENOSYS;
+  return -1;
+}
+
+#endif /* !HAVE_SYMLINK */