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+#serial 5
+
+# Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# Written by Paul Eggert.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_UNLINKDIR],
+[
+ AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE(priv.h)
+
+ AC_LIBOBJ([unlinkdir])
+
+ # The Hurd, the Linux kernel, the FreeBSD kernel version 2.2 and later,
+ # and Cygwin never let anyone (even root) unlink directories.
+ # If anyone knows of another system for which unlink can never
+ # remove a directory, please report it to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+ # Unfortunately this is difficult to test for, since it requires root access
+ # and might create garbage in the file system,
+ # so the code below simply relies on the kernel name and version number.
+ case $host in
+ *-*-gnu[[0-9]]* | \
+ *-*-linux-* | *-*-linux | \
+ *-*-freebsd2.2* | *-*-freebsd[[3-9]]* | *-*-freebsd[[1-9]][[0-9]]* | \
+ *-cygwin)
+ AC_DEFINE([UNLINK_CANNOT_UNLINK_DIR], 1,
+ [Define to 1 if unlink (dir) cannot possibly succeed.]);;
+ esac
+])