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[gnulib.git] / lib / stat.c

diff --git a/lib/stat.c b/lib/stat.c
index f3f373b..ff9e9bb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/stat.c
+++ b/lib/stat.c
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /* Work around the bug in some systems whereby stat/lstat succeeds when
    given the zero-length file name argument.  The stat/lstat from SunOS4.1.4
-   has this bug.
-   Copyright (C) 1997-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   has this bug.  Also work around a deficiency in Solaris systems (up to at
+   least Solaris5.9) regarding the semantics of `lstat ("symlink/", sbuf).'
+   Copyright (C) 1997-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 #ifndef errno
 extern int errno;
 #endif
-#ifdef LSTAT
+#if defined LSTAT && ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
 # include <string.h>
 
 # if HAVE_STDLIB_H
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ extern int errno;
 void free ();
 # endif
 
-char *xmalloc ();
+# include "xalloc.h"
 
 /* lstat works differently on Linux and Solaris systems.  POSIX (see
    `pathname resolution' in the glossary) requires that programs like `ls'
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
 
   return lstat_result;
 }
-#endif /* LSTAT */
+#endif /* LSTAT && ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK */
 
 /* This is a wrapper for stat/lstat.
    If FILE is the empty string, fail with errno == ENOENT.
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ slash_aware_lstat (const char *file, struct stat *sbuf)
 
 #ifdef LSTAT
 # define rpl_xstat rpl_lstat
-# define xstat_return_val(F, S) slash_aware_lstat (F, S)
+# if ! LSTAT_FOLLOWS_SLASHED_SYMLINK
+#  define xstat_return_val(F, S) slash_aware_lstat (F, S)
+# else
+#  define xstat_return_val(F, S) lstat (F, S)
+# endif
 #else
 # define rpl_xstat rpl_stat
 # define xstat_return_val(F, S) stat (F, S)