Re: AC_PROG_LN_S limitation

2011-12-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
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

Re: AC_PROG_LN_S limitation

2011-12-26 Thread Paul Eggert
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 pushe

AC_PROG_LN_S limitation

2011-12-26 Thread Werner LEMBERG
I've received the following bug report from Eli: I've built Groff 1.21 on MS-Windows using the MinGW tools, and hit a small snag when installing the result. The `install' target in the top-level Makefile ends with this command $(LN_S) $(version)$(revision) current Since nativ