From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 11:03:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add comment prior to removing #if LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS block
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_0j-trial~60
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8040d4c680d3d5ebde8af6276e7df046eae50154;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

Add comment prior to removing #if LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS block
---

diff --git a/src/ln.c b/src/ln.c
index d5db093b86..228f3ee41c 100644
--- a/src/ln.c
+++ b/src/ln.c
@@ -165,7 +165,14 @@ do_link (const char *source, const char *dest)
 	     if SOURCE is a dangling symlink.  */
 	  if (errno == ENOENT && lstat (source, &source_stats) == 0)
 	    {
-	      /* FIXME: Consider giving a warning that this is not portable.  */
+	      /* Allow a hard link to a dangling symlink.  */
+	      /* But here's a little explanation before I remove the whole
+		 enclosing #if block:
+
+		 On systems where LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS, it is not possible
+		 to create a hard link to a dangling symlink, so the test above
+		 would be pointless.
+	      */
 	    }
 	  else
 #endif