Re: _AC_OUTPUT_LINKS

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Andreas Buening <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:26:47 +0200
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Some time ago there was a discussion how to solve
> ln -s ... || ln ... || AC_MSG_ERROR(...)
> if neither "ln -s" nor ln works. I thought this had been
> solved but it hadn't. Unfortunately, I don't remember
> which solution has been finally proposed

The following solution was installed; it's not quite the same as your
workaround, since it doesn't warn if "cp" is used.

http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/autoconf-patches/2002-June/008432.html