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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:46:24 +0000 (11:46 +0000)
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:46:24 +0000 (11:46 +0000)
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 1999-11-07  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
 
+       * tests/ln/misc: Add hard-link-to-symlink test.
+       Move framework_failure test to the end.
+       Fix a typo: s/||/&&/.
+
+       * src/ln.c (do_link): Warn that making a hard link to a symbolic link
+       is not portable.
+
+       * tests/ln/misc: Use --b=simple, not the now-deprecated `-V simple'.
+       * tests/ln/backup-1: Likewise.
+
        * configure.in (AC_OUTPUT): Add tests/dd/Makefile.
        * tests/Makefile.am (SUBDIRS): Add rmdir.
        * tests/rmdir: New directory
 
 1999-11-06  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
 
-       * src/ln.c (XSTAT_THAT_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS_THE_WAY_LINK_DOES): Define.
-       (do_link): Use XSTAT_THAT_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS_THE_WAY_LINK_DOES, rather
-       than bare `stat'.
+       Allow hard links to symlinks on systems that support it.
+       * src/ln.c (STAT_LIKE_LINK): Define.
+       (do_link): Use STAT_LIKE_LINK, rather than bare `stat', and perform
+       the extra lstat only on systems where LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS.
 
        * src/ls.c (long_options): Correct typo (s/'F'/'p'/) so that `-p' is
        accepted as the short form of --file-type, per the documentation.