From 63226e6887424b797ee0700c1c1ee600eaa633c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 23:22:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (dist): Don't link or copy file if it already exists.

---
 dist.am | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist.am b/dist.am
index 2c7af76a..a28fc175 100644
--- a/dist.am
+++ b/dist.am
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
 dist: $(DIST_FILES) $(DIST_DIRS)
 	rm -rf $(distdir)
 	mkdir $(distdir)
-	@for file in $(DIST_FILES); do \
-	  echo linking $$file; \
-	  ln $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir)/$$file || \
-	    { echo copying $$file instead; cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir)/$$file;}; \
+	@for file in $(DIST_FILES); do		\
+	  test -f $$file || {			\
+	    echo linking $$file;		\
+	    ln $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	  } || {				\
+	    echo copying $$file instead;	\
+	    cp -p $(srcdir)/$$file $(distdir)/$$file; \
+	  };					\
 	done
 	@sublist="$(DIST_SUBDIRS)";		\
 	for dir in $$sublist; do		\
-- 
2.43.5