And warn about it only once.
* gnulib-tool (first_fall_back_to_cp_warn): New. Indicator for only
once warning about falling back to cp -p.
(func_ln_s): New. Fall back into cp -p if ln -s fails. And warn about
this only once.
(func_ln): Replace ln -s with func_ln_s.
---
gnulib-tool | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnulib-tool b/gnulib-tool
index ec82f35..0a4c531 100755
--- a/gnulib-tool
+++ b/gnulib-tool
@@ -691,23 +691,43 @@ func_relconcat ()
done
}
+first_fall_back_to_cp_warn=true
+
+# func_ln_s SRC DEST
+# Like ln -s, except that cp -p is used if ln -s fails.
+func_ln_s ()
+{
+ if ln -s "$1" "$2" 2>/dev/null; then
+ :
+ else
+ if $first_fall_back_to_cp_warn; then
+ echo "gnulib-tool: symbolic link is not supported on this system." 1>&2
+ echo "Copy will be performed instead." 1>&2
+
+ first_fall_back_to_cp_warn=false
+ fi
+
+ cp -p "$1" "$2"
+ fi
+}
+
# func_ln SRC DEST
-# Like ln -s, except that SRC is given relative to the current directory (or
+# Like func_ln_s, except that SRC is given relative to the current directory
(or
# absolute), not given relative to the directory of DEST.
func_ln ()
{
case "$1" in
/* | ?:*)
- ln -s "$1" "$2" ;;
+ func_ln_s "$1" "$2" ;;
*) # SRC is relative.
case "$2" in
/* | ?:*)
- ln -s "`pwd`/$1" "$2" ;;
+ func_ln_s "`pwd`/$1" "$2" ;;
*) # DEST is relative too.
ln_destdir=`echo "$2" | sed -e 's,[^/]*$,,'`
test -n "$ln_destdir" || ln_destdir="."
func_relativize "$ln_destdir" "$1"
- ln -s "$reldir" "$2"
+ func_ln_s "$reldir" "$2"
;;
esac
;;
--
1.9.5
