libstdc++/6776: Build 3.1 Source - Build directory on another file system fails due to hard link creation.

[Matthew Hounsel]

Here is the reply form the autoconf list.

> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
> To: mat_geek@yahoo.com.au
> CC: autoconf@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Autoconf : Build fails if the build and source directory are
on
> different file systems.
>
> > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mat=20Hounsell?= <mat_geek@yahoo.com.au>
> > Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:33:51 +1000 (EST)
> >
> > The GCC maintainers tracked it probablely down to AC_PROG_LN_S.
>
> That problem was fixed long ago in Autoconf, but the GCC maintainers
> are still using an old Autoconf version (2.13, released January 1999).
> They can fix the problem by upgrading to a newer Autoconf version.
> Most likely this is already on their list of things to do, but they
> haven't gotten around to it yet.

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