Symlink on FAT patch

    This patch, which applies against automake 1.6.3, corrects a problem observed when using Linux to run automake --add-missing on a FAT filesystem. The attempt to symlink the files in the directory specified by AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR fails, but no attempt is made to instead copy the files to the location...

  • The patch

    This ChangeLog entry documents the change: 
    2002-08-19  Michael Still  

     * --add-missing will now attempt to copy if the symlink failed
  • The email

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