Hi Paul, just a minor nit ... On 12/26/2011 09:38 AM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/26/11 00:02, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> Can this be documented, please? Or what about making AC_PROG_LN_S >> work for directories also by falling back to `cp -pr'? > > The latter sounds better to me, though we need to use -R not -r for > better portability. Thanks for reporting the problem. > I pushed this into the Autoconf trunk: > > AS_LN_S: fall back on 'cp -pR' (not 'cp -p') if 'ln -s' fails > This works better for symlinks to directories. > Problem reported by Eli Zaretskii via Werner Lemberg in > <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2011-12/msg00006.html>. > * NEWS: > Forgotten a trailing "Update" here? And ditto in the ChangeLog entry.
Regards, Stefano
