document mingw linker fix and close associated bug

[debian/gzip] / m4 / lstat.m4

diff --git a/m4/lstat.m4 b/m4/lstat.m4
index e143d5c8b588137433eb7350221d1210e1697fc3..3694e4ceaf74f594c7c7da147ba3d702c43c1341 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/lstat.m4
+++ b/m4/lstat.m4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# serial 27
+# serial 32
 
-# Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 1997-2001, 2003-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@ dnl From Jim Meyering.
 
 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT],
 [
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_SYS_STAT_H_DEFAULTS])
   dnl If lstat does not exist, the replacement <sys/stat.h> does
   dnl "#define lstat stat", and lstat.c is a no-op.
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([lstat])
   if test $ac_cv_func_lstat = yes; then
     AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK])
-    case "$gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink" in
-      *no)
+    case $host_os,$gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink in
+      solaris* | *no)
         REPLACE_LSTAT=1
         ;;
     esac
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK],
 [
   dnl We don't use AC_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK any more, because it
   dnl is no longer maintained in Autoconf and because it invokes AC_LIBOBJ.
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
   AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether lstat correctly handles trailing slash],
     [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink],
     [rm -f conftest.sym conftest.file
@@ -51,9 +53,15 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK],
        [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=yes],
        [gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink=no],
        [case "$host_os" in
-          *-gnu*)
+          linux-* | linux)
+            # Guess yes on Linux systems.
+            gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing yes" ;;
+          *-gnu* | gnu*)
             # Guess yes on glibc systems.
             gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing yes" ;;
+          mingw*)
+            # Guess no on native Windows.
+            gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing no" ;;
           *)
             # If we don't know, assume the worst.
             gl_cv_func_lstat_dereferences_slashed_symlink="guessing no" ;;