Fix Savannah bug # 13478. If -L is given, take the latest mtime for a

symlink even if it is "dangling" (it doesn't resolve to a real file).

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/ChangeLog b/tests/ChangeLog
index fa6420d..143bc2f 100644
--- a/tests/ChangeLog
+++ b/tests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-06-25  Paul D. Smith  <psmith@gnu.org>
 
+	* scripts/options/symlinks: Test symlinks to non-existent files.
+	Tests fix for Savannah bug #13280.
+
 	* scripts/misc/general3: Test semicolons in variable references.
 	Tests fix for Savannah bug #1454.
 
diff --git a/tests/scripts/options/symlinks b/tests/scripts/options/symlinks
index 4dcc67a..d63e222 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/options/symlinks
+++ b/tests/scripts/options/symlinks
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ if (eval { symlink("",""); 1 }) {
   run_make_test(undef, '-L', "make targ from sym");
 
   rmfiles('targ', 'dep', 'sym', 'dep1');
+
+  # Check handling when symlinks point to non-existent files.  Without -L we
+  # should get an error: with -L we should use the timestamp of the symlink.
+
+  symlink("../$dirname/dep", 'sym');
+  run_make_test('targ: sym ; @echo make $@ from $<', '',
+                "#MAKE#: *** No rule to make target `sym', needed by `targ'.  Stop.", 512);
+
+  run_make_test('targ: sym ; @echo make $@ from $<', '-L',
+                'make targ from sym');
+
+
+  rmfiles('targ', 'sym');
 }
 
 1;