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Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:29:58 -0600
From: bowman <bowman AT montana DOT com>
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Subject: Re: autoconf v2.12 -- Bug in AC_PROG_LN_S?
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> 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.

I'd second that. MC exhibits the 'ln -s' problem during the build when
it tries to create symbolic links to libraries in separate
subdirectories, and then, at runtime, where the option is available to
create symbolic links. Putting the logic in 'ln' itself would solve both
problems.