(handle_dist_worker) [generating rules for distdir]:

Don't use `ln' (which was just a space optimization anyway) to
populate $(distdir).  Otherwise, the dist rules that change
permissions would end up affecting the master sources.

diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index da265cfada11309810f0c5112d9d9f9956b41e4e..223c721c2750eb7efd8ef90db086f69ce297ebe3 100755 (executable)
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -2666,7 +2666,6 @@ sub handle_dist_worker
                      . "\t    cp -pR \$\$d/\$\$file \$(distdir); \\\n"
                      . "\t  else \\\n"
                      . "\t    test -f \$(distdir)/\$\$file \\\n"
-                     . "\t    || ln \$\$d/\$\$file \$(distdir)/\$\$file 2> /dev/null \\\n"
                      . "\t    || cp -p \$\$d/\$\$file \$(distdir)/\$\$file || :; \\\n"
                      . "\t  fi; \\\n"
                      . "\tdone\n");