2 # Determine whether we need the chown wrapper.
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11 # chown should accept arguments of -1 for uid and gid, and it should
12 # dereference symlinks. If it doesn't, arrange to use the replacement
17 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_CHOWN],
19 AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
20 AC_REQUIRE([AC_TYPE_UID_T])
21 AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_CHOWN])
22 AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_CHOWN_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK])
23 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([chown])
25 if test $ac_cv_func_chown_works = no; then
26 AC_DEFINE([CHOWN_FAILS_TO_HONOR_ID_OF_NEGATIVE_ONE], [1],
27 [Define if chown is not POSIX compliant regarding IDs of -1.])
30 # If chown has either of the above problems, then we need the wrapper.
31 if test $ac_cv_func_chown_works$gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink = yesyes; then
40 # Determine whether chown follows symlinks (it should).
41 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_CHOWN_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK],
44 [whether chown(2) dereferences symlinks],
45 gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink,
47 AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
55 char const *dangling_symlink = "conftest.dangle";
57 unlink (dangling_symlink);
58 if (symlink ("conftest.no-such", dangling_symlink))
61 /* Exit successfully on a conforming system,
62 i.e., where chown must fail with ENOENT. */
63 exit ( ! (chown (dangling_symlink, getuid (), getgid ()) != 0
67 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=yes],
68 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=no],
69 [gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink=yes]
74 if test $gl_cv_func_chown_follows_symlink = no; then
75 AC_DEFINE([CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK], [1],
76 [Define if chown modifies symlinks.])
80 # Prerequisites of lib/chown.c.
81 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_CHOWN],
83 AC_CHECK_FUNC([fchown], , [AC_LIBOBJ([fchown-stub])])