changeset 1700:4be274918c90

* make-dist: Make sure that the COPYING notices in each directory are copies, not symlinks.
author Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
date Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:57:29 +0000
parents 48b1565291a6
children e0463f021e2f
files make-dist
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/make-dist	Thu Dec 24 05:56:57 1992 +0000
+++ b/make-dist	Thu Dec 24 05:57:29 1992 +0000
@@ -217,14 +217,16 @@
  cd ../${tempdir}/vms
  rm -f *~)
 
-echo "Making sure copying notices are all symlinks to \`etc/COPYING'."
+### It would be nice if they could all be symlinks to etc's copy, but
+### you're not supposed to have any symlinks in distribution tar files.
+echo "Making sure copying notices are all copies of \`etc/COPYING'."
 rm -f ${tempdir}/etc/COPYING
 cp etc/COPYING ${tempdir}/etc/COPYING
 for subdir in lisp external-lisp src lib-src info shortnames; do
   if [ -f ${tempdir}/${subdir}/COPYING ]; then
     rm ${tempdir}/${subdir}/COPYING
   fi
-  ln -s ../etc/COPYING ${tempdir}/${subdir}
+  cp ../etc/COPYING ${tempdir}/${subdir}
 done
 
 if [ "${newer}" ]; then