From ccc11a69def551d0060dbd379cd84b609b837c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 19:34:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] gzexe: work even without the ability to make a hard link

* gzexe.in: When ln -f fails to create a "~"-style backup,
fall back to using cp -f.
Reported by Bruno Haible in http://debbugs.gnu.org/29266
---
 gzexe.in | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gzexe.in b/gzexe.in
index 290fa1c..60e750e 100644
--- a/gzexe.in
+++ b/gzexe.in
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ EOF
     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: $tmp: cannot chmod"
     continue
   }
-  ln -f "$file" "$file~" || {
+  ln -f "$file" "$file~" 2>/dev/null || cp -f "$file" "$file~" || {
     res=$?
     printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: cannot backup $i as $i~"
     continue
-- 
2.13.5