From b10f778bf5475e8daa06041365b10875495390a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 04:42:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [LINK_TYPE]: Remove macro.  NLS messages aren't extracted
 from macros. (link_type_string): New global variable to be used instead of
 LINK_TYPE. (main): Set it here. (do_link): Use it (instead of macro) here.

---
 src/ln.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index 0cb3359ab0..8e76abdcc9 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ int link ();			/* Some systems don't declare this anywhere. */
 int symlink ();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef S_ISLNK
-# define LINK_TYPE symbolic_link ? _("symbolic link") : _("hard link")
-#else
-# define LINK_TYPE ""
-#endif
-
 /* Construct a string NEW_DEST by concatenating DEST, a slash, and
    basename(SOURCE) in alloca'd memory.  Don't modify DEST or SOURCE.  */
 
@@ -80,6 +74,10 @@ static int (*linkfunc) ();
 /* If nonzero, make symbolic links; otherwise, make hard links.  */
 static int symbolic_link;
 
+/* A string describing type of link to make.  For use in verbose
+   diagnostics and in error messages.  */
+static const char *link_type_string;
+
 /* If nonzero, ask the user before removing existing files.  */
 static int interactive;
 
@@ -289,15 +287,14 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
     }
 
   if (verbose)
-    printf (_("create %s %s to %s\n"), LINK_TYPE,
-	    dest, source);
+    printf (_("create %s %s to %s\n"), link_type_string, dest, source);
 
   if ((*linkfunc) (source, dest) == 0)
     {
       return 0;
     }
 
-  error (0, errno, _("cannot create %s `%s' to `%s'"), LINK_TYPE,
+  error (0, errno, _("cannot create %s `%s' to `%s'"), link_type_string,
 	 dest, source);
 
   if (dest_backup)
@@ -368,7 +365,6 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     simple_backup_suffix = version;
   version = getenv ("VERSION_CONTROL");
 
-  linkfunc = link;
   symbolic_link = remove_existing_files = interactive = verbose
     = hard_dir_link = 0;
   errors = 0;
@@ -441,7 +437,17 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
 #ifdef S_ISLNK
   if (symbolic_link)
-    linkfunc = symlink;
+    {
+      linkfunc = symlink;
+      link_type_string = _("symbolic link");
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      linkfunc = link;
+      link_type_string = _("hard link");
+    }
+#else
+  link_type_string = _("link");
 #endif
 
   if (optind == argc - 1)
-- 
2.47.2