3 # Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
6 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
7 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
11 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT],
13 AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS])
14 dnl If lstat does not exist, the replacement <sys/stat.h> does
15 dnl "#define lstat stat", and lstat.c is a no-op.
16 AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([lstat])
17 if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
18 AC_REQUIRE([AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK])
19 if test $gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink = no; then
27 # Prerequisites of lib/lstat.c.
28 AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_LSTAT],
30 AC_REQUIRE([AC_C_INLINE])
34 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK],
36 dnl We don't use AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK any more, because it
37 dnl is no longer maintained in Autoconf and because it invokes AC_LIBOBJ.
38 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether lstat correctly handles trailing slash],
39 [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink],
40 [rm -f conftest.sym conftest.file
42 if test "$as_ln_s" = "ln -s" && ln -s conftest.file conftest.sym; then
45 [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
47 /* Linux will dereference the symlink and fail, as required by
48 POSIX. That is better in the sense that it means we will not
49 have to compile and use the lstat wrapper. */
50 return lstat ("conftest.sym/", &sbuf) == 0;
52 [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=yes],
53 [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no],
54 [# When cross-compiling, be pessimistic so we will end up using the
55 # replacement version of lstat that checks for trailing slashes and
56 # calls lstat a second time when necessary.
57 gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no
60 # If the 'ln -s' command failed, then we probably don't even
61 # have an lstat function.
62 gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no
64 rm -f conftest.sym conftest.file
66 test $gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink = yes &&
67 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK], [1],
68 [Define to 1 if `lstat' dereferences a symlink specified
69 with a trailing slash.])