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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/lchown.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/lchown.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lchown.c b/lib/lchown.c index 073e00419..37320fb84 100644 --- a/lib/lchown.c +++ b/lib/lchown.c @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Provide a stub lchown function for systems that lack it. - Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by @@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ extern int errno; int chown (); /* Work just like chown, except when FILE is a symbolic link. - In that case, set errno to ENOSYS and return -1. */ + In that case, set errno to ENOSYS and return -1. + But if autoconf tests determined that chown modifies + symlinks, then just call chown. */ int lchown (const char *file, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) { +#if CHOWN_MODIFIES_SYMLINK + return chown (file, uid, gid); +#else struct stat stats; if (lstat (file, &stats) == 0 && S_ISLNK (stats.st_mode)) @@ -58,4 +63,5 @@ lchown (const char *file, uid_t uid, gid_t gid) } return chown (file, uid, gid); +#endif } |