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-rw-r--r--lib/stat.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stat.c b/lib/stat.c
index 3f77562be..ff9e9bbe5 100644
--- a/lib/stat.c
+++ b/lib/stat.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
/* Work around the bug in some systems whereby stat/lstat succeeds when
given the zero-length file name argument. The stat/lstat from SunOS4.1.4
- has this bug.
+ has this bug. Also work around a deficiency in Solaris systems (up to at
+ least Solaris5.9) regarding the semantics of `lstat ("symlink/", sbuf).'
Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
#ifndef errno
extern int errno;
#endif
-#ifdef LSTAT
+#if defined LSTAT && ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
# include <string.h>
# if HAVE_STDLIB_H
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
return lstat_result;
}
-#endif /* LSTAT */
+#endif /* LSTAT && ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK */
/* This is a wrapper for stat/lstat.
If FILE is the empty string, fail with errno == ENOENT.
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
#ifdef LSTAT
# define rpl_xstat rpl_lstat
-# define xstat_return_val(F, S) slash_aware_lstat (F, S)
+# if ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
+# define xstat_return_val(F, S) slash_aware_lstat (F, S)
+# else
+# define xstat_return_val(F, S) lstat (F, S)
+# endif
#else
# define rpl_xstat rpl_stat
# define xstat_return_val(F, S) stat (F, S)