Thanks to all who have answered!
>> I thought ln <target> <link> || ln -s <target> <link> was the standard
>> recipe here
>
> Yes, "cp -l" isn't required by POSIX and is not portable in
> general. For example, on AIX 7.1:
>
> $ cp -l a b
> cp: Not a recognized flag: l
> Usage: cp [-fhipHILPU][-d|-e] [-r|-R] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src
> target
> or: cp [-fhipHILPU] [-d|-e] [-r|-R] [-E{force|ignore|warn}] [--] src1
> ... srcN directory
Good to know. I looked into the autoconf info files, section
'Limitations of usual tools', and 'cp -l' wasn't explictly mentioned,
so I assumed that it is portable... Maybe it can be mentioned there
that it is not.
> Autoconf provides AC_PROG_LN_S, which is supposed to be even more
> portable than the recipe you gave.
I will go this route, thanks again.
Werner
