Re: configure --disable-symlinks

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Nigel Horne wrote:

> If you say 'configure --disable-symlinks', configure still uses symlinks :-(
>
> ./configure --disable-symlinks
> ....
> checking for unlink... yes
> checking if link/symlink functions work...  symlink
> checking if tic should use symbolic links... yes

ok - the option is only tested in the third branch:

if test "$ac_cv_func_link" != yes ; then
    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if tic should use symbolic links)
    if test "$ac_cv_func_symlink" = yes ; then
        with_symlinks=yes
    else
        with_symlinks=no
    fi
    AC_MSG_RESULT($with_symlinks)
elif test "$ac_cv_func_symlink" != yes ; then
    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if tic should use hard links)
    if test "$ac_cv_func_link" = yes ; then
        with_links=yes
    else
        with_links=no
    fi
    AC_MSG_RESULT($with_links)
else
    AC_MSG_CHECKING(if tic should use symbolic links)
    AC_ARG_ENABLE(symlinks,
        [  --enable-symlinks       make tic use symbolic links not hard links],
        [with_symlinks=$enableval],
        [with_symlinks=no])
    AC_MSG_RESULT($with_symlinks)
fi

(I don't recall if tic would handle no-links, but it's probably not hard 
to change).

> ....
> checking for manpage renaming... no
> checking if manpage aliases will be installed... yes
> checking if manpage symlinks should be used... yes,
>
> Operating system is BeOS5.0 (which does support symlinks, though
> not hard links, but I found them buggy so I don't use them).
>
> -Nigel Horne
>
>
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