Hi Eric,
I see nothing in m4/linkat.c that requires prior use of gl_FUNC_LINK.
The dependency from 'linkat' to 'link' is a normal module dependency.
Objections to this patch?
2011-05-21 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org>
linkat: Simplify autoconf macro.
* m4/linkat.m4 (gl_FUNC_LINKAT): Don't require gl_FUNC_LINK.
--- m4/linkat.m4.orig Sat May 21 13:36:53 2011
+++ m4/linkat.m4 Sat May 21 13:36:00 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# serial 4
+# serial 5
# See if we need to provide linkat replacement.
dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_LINKAT],
[
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_OPENAT])
- AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_LINK])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_FUNC_LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
AC_REQUIRE([gl_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
--
In memoriam Alfred Grünberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Grünberg>
