Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 14:08:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT lanet DOT lv>
cc: "Peter J. Farley III" <pjfarley AT banet DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: autoconf v2.12 -- Bug in AC_PROG_LN_S?
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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Andris Pavenis wrote:

> Currently only way is to set needed environment variables and only 
> after that run configure to override false settings for DJGPP.

I think the DJGPP port of `ln' should be changed so that it automatically 
copies if the files aren't DJGPP .exe programs.  Then Autoconf's current 
behavior will be the Right Thing.

But even today I think what Autoconf does is more often than not 
correct.