From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:05:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (dolink): Use symlink if hard link failed with EXDEV.
X-Git-Tag: cvs/before-sparc-2_0_x-branch~223
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=70f37c4c3f2935efbf80644d6bd9a32f53a611cc;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git

(dolink): Use symlink if hard link failed with EXDEV.
---

diff --git a/time/zic.c b/time/zic.c
index c95887c9b4b..c94c32206bc 100644
--- a/time/zic.c
+++ b/time/zic.c
@@ -601,10 +601,23 @@ const char * const	tofile;
 	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);
+		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"),