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+#serial 1
+dnl Run a program to determine whether whether link(2) follows symlinks.
+dnl Set LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINKS accordingly.
+
+AC_DEFUN(jm_AC_FUNC_LINK_FOLLOWS_SYMLINK,
+[dnl
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether link(2) follows symlinks],
+		 jm_ac_cv_func_link_follows_symlink,
+  [
+    # Create a regular file, `conftest.file'.
+    echo > conftest.file
+    AC_TRY_RUN(
+      [
+#       include <sys/types.h>
+#       include <sys/stat.h>
+#       ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+#        include <unistd.h>
+#       endif
+
+#       define SAME_INODE(Stat_buf_1, Stat_buf_2) \
+	  ((Stat_buf_1).st_ino == (Stat_buf_2).st_ino \
+	   && (Stat_buf_1).st_dev == (Stat_buf_2).st_dev)
+
+	int
+	main ()
+	{
+	  const char *file = "conftest.file";
+	  const char *sym = "conftest.sym";
+	  const char *hard = "conftest.hard";
+	  struct stat sb_file, sb_hard;
+
+	  /* Create a symlink `conftest.sym' to it. */
+	  if (symlink (file, sym))
+	    abort ();
+
+	  /* Create a hard link `conftest.hard' to that symlink.  */
+	  if (link (sym, hard))
+	    abort ();
+
+	  if (lstat (hard, &sb_hard))
+	    abort ();
+	  if (lstat (file, &sb_file))
+	    abort ();
+
+	  /* If the dev/inode of hard and file are the same, then
+	     the link call followed the symlink.  */
+	  return SAME_INODE (sb_hard, sb_file) ? 0 : 1;
+	}
+      ],
+      jm_ac_cv_func_link_follows_symlink=yes,
+      jm_ac_cv_func_link_follows_symlink=no,
+      jm_ac_cv_func_link_follows_symlink=yes, We're cross compiling.
+    )
+  ])
+])