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(copy_file): Allow installation from non-directory (rather than only regular)

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files.  Suggestion from Charles Karney.
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Jim Meyering
1996-11-30 04:33:30 +00:00
parent dc68073b21
commit 0682a5efe9
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@@ -370,9 +370,13 @@ copy_file (char *from, char *to, int *to_created)
error (0, errno, "%s", from);
return 1;
}
if (!S_ISREG (from_stats.st_mode))
/* Allow installing from non-regular files like /dev/null.
Charles Karney reported that some Sun version of install allows that
and that sendmail's installation process relies on the behavior. */
if (S_ISDIR (from_stats.st_mode))
{
error (0, 0, _("`%s' is not a regular file"), from);
error (0, 0, _("`%s' is a directory"), from);
return 1;
}
if (stat (to, &to_stats) == 0)