--- ../automake-1.6.3/automake	Tue Aug 20 13:02:03 2002
+++ automake	Tue Aug 20 13:28:58 2002
@@ -8194,6 +8194,7 @@
 			# can, copy if we must.  Note: delete the file
 			# first, in case it is a dangling symlink.
 			$message = "installing `$errfile'";
+
 			# Windows Perl will hang if we try to delete a
 			# file that doesn't exist.
 			unlink ($errfile) if -f $errfile;
@@ -8205,11 +8206,20 @@
 				$trailer = "; error while making link: $!";
 			    }
 			}
-			elsif (system ('cp', "$libdir/$file", $errfile))
-			{
-			    $suppress = 0;
-			    $trailer = "\n    error while copying";
-			}
+			
+			if (! -f $errfile){
+			    # Symlinking didn't create the file for some
+			    # reason
+			    if(system ('cp', "$libdir/$file", $errfile))
+			    {
+				$suppress = 0;
+				$trailer = "$trailer; copy failed: $!";
+			    }
+			    else
+			    {
+				$trailer = "$trailer; copy succeeded";
+			    }
+		        }
 		    }
 
 		    if (! maybe_push_required_file (dirname ($errfile),