--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-03-01  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
+
+	test-link: work on Hurd
+	* tests/test-link.h (test_link): Hurd rejects linking directories
+	with EISDIR instead of the POSIX-mandated EPERM.
+
 2011-02-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	stdio: simplify by moving files to printf-posix, sigpipe

--- a/tests/test-link.h
+++ b/tests/test-link.h
@@ -136,13 +136,15 @@
     else
       {
         /* Most everyone else.  */
-        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES);
+        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES || errno == EISDIR);
         errno = 0;
         ASSERT (func (BASE "d/.", BASE "c") == -1);
-        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES || errno == EINVAL);
+        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES || errno == EISDIR
+                || errno == EINVAL);
         errno = 0;
         ASSERT (func (BASE "d/.//", BASE "c") == -1);
-        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES || errno == EINVAL);
+        ASSERT (errno == EPERM || errno == EACCES || errno == EISDIR
+                || errno == EINVAL);
       }
   }
   ASSERT (unlink (BASE "a") == 0);