Refined 48959daf724bb10802ca489654035f69e701efc0 by setting up a

LN variable in the Makefile that can be used to override the
link command at install time.  For example, on Cygwin, LN will be
configured to cp.  If installing on an NTFS filesystem, the user
could install with make LN=ln to use ln instead of cp.

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 31e7109..3f34108 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ etc/sendfiles: $(srcdir)/etc/sendfiles.in Makefile
        $(SED) -e 's,%libdir%,$(libdir),' < $(srcdir)/etc/sendfiles.in > $@
 
 ##
+## Use configure to set up default LN, but through a make variable so
+## that it can be overridden at install time.
+##
+LN = @LN@
+
+##
 ## This rule gets called at "make install" time; we use it to create links
 ## between different programs.
 ##
@@ -426,13 +432,13 @@ install-exec-hook:
        rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/unseen$(EXEEXT)
        rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/prev$(EXEEXT)
        rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/next$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/flist$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/flists$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/folder$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/folders$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fnext$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fprev$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/unseen$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/show$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/prev$(EXEEXT)
-       @LINK_FILE@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/show$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/next$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/flist$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/flists$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/folder$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/folders$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fnext$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fprev$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/unseen$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/show$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/prev$(EXEEXT)
+       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/show$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/next$(EXEEXT)
        if test x$(SETGID_MAIL) != x; then \
                chgrp $(MAIL_SPOOL_GRP) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/inc$(EXEEXT) && \
                chmod 2755 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/inc$(EXEEXT); \

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8979fde..036fb64 100644 (file)
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@ dnl then use `vi' as the default.
 AS_IF([test -z "$editorpath"], [editorpath="$vipath"])
 AC_SUBST([editorpath])dnl
 
-dnl Cygwin FAT filesystems do not support hard links.  So use cp instead,
-dnl even if running on an NTFS or other filesystem.
+dnl Cygwin FAT filesystems do not support hard links.  So default to
+dnl cp instead, even if running on an NTFS or other filesystem.
 AS_CASE(["$host_os"],
-  [cygwin*],[LINK_FILE=cp],
-  [LINK_FILE=ln])
-AC_SUBST([LINK_FILE])
+  [cygwin*],[LN=cp],
+  [LN=ln])
+AC_SUBST([LN])
 
 dnl ----------------------------------------------------------
 dnl FIND MAIL SPOOL AND SEE IF WE NEED TO MAKE inc SETGID MAIL