# HG changeset patch
# User Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
# Date 1280518243 -7200
# Node ID b1c38ccd548c570fa33d62339ddedf744f03e994
# Parent  8a4806169aad6b11457e7318f0ae71dd6e00e96d
symlink: Update regarding AIX.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-07-30  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	symlink: Update regarding AIX.
+	* doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi: Mention bug on AIX 7.1.
+	* m4/symlink.m4 (gl_FUNC_SYMLINK): Update comment.
+	Reported by Rainer Tammer.
+
 2010-07-30  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	strndup: Update regarding AIX.
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi
--- a/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/symlink.texi
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 @item
 On some systems, @code{symlink(value,"name/")} mistakenly creates a
 symlink:
-FreeBSD 7.2, Solaris 9
+FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1, Solaris 9.
 @item
 This function is missing on some platforms; however, the replacement
 always fails with @code{EPERM}:
diff --git a/m4/symlink.m4 b/m4/symlink.m4
--- a/m4/symlink.m4
+++ b/m4/symlink.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# serial 2
+# serial 3
 # See if we need to provide symlink replacement.
 
 dnl Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_UNISTD_H_DEFAULTS])
   AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([symlink])
   dnl The best we can do on mingw is provide a dummy that always fails, so
-  dnl that compilation can proceed with fewer ifdefs.  On Solaris 9 and
-  dnl FreeBSD 7.2, we want to fix a bug with trailing slash handling.
+  dnl that compilation can proceed with fewer ifdefs.  On FreeBSD 7.2, AIX 7.1,
+  dnl and Solaris 9, we want to fix a bug with trailing slash handling.
   if test $ac_cv_func_symlink = no; then
     HAVE_SYMLINK=0
     AC_LIBOBJ([symlink])