From 813ae767a22ca7cf2e3c57ec5cc1da5266dbfd36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 08:55:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (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.

---
 automake.in | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index da265cfa..223c721c 100755
--- 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");
-- 
2.43.5