Re: [Bug-gnulib] Wrong path to fnmatch_.h with gl_FUNC_FNMATCH_GNU ?

[Bruno Haible]

Paolo Bonzini asks:

> > ! cp $(srcdir)/fnmatch_.h fnmatch.h
> 
> Why not $(LN_S) instead of cp?

- It requires yet another autoconf test, AC_PROG_LN_S.
- It will fail in particular situations (e.g. on systems without
  symlinks, LN_S="ln", which will fail if $srcdir and $builddir are
  in different filesystems.
- HP-UX "make" does the wrong thing w.r.t. to modification times
  of symlinks.

Enough reasons to just use "cp".

bruno