On some file systems (like AFP), hard links are not supported. If link fails, try rename() before giving up.
Reported-by: Jamie Kennea <ja...@pompey.org> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Huddleston <jerem...@apple.com> --- process.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/process.c b/process.c index 04abc33..a4021c7 100644 --- a/process.c +++ b/process.c @@ -888,7 +888,8 @@ auth_finalize(void) #if defined(WIN32) || defined(__UNIXOS2__) if (rename(temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1) #else - if (link (temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1) + /* Attempt to rename() if link() fails, since this may be on a FS that does not support hard links */ + if (link (temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1 && rename(temp_name, xauth_filename) == -1) #endif { fprintf (stderr, -- 1.7.4.4 _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel