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+#!/bin/sh
+# Make sure touch can create a file through a dangling symlink.
+# This was broken in the 4.0[e-i] test releases.
+
+# Copyright (C) 1999-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+. "${srcdir=.}/tests/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ./src
+print_ver_ touch
+
+rm -f touch-target t-symlink
+ln -s touch-target t-symlink
+
+# This used to infloop.
+touch t-symlink || fail=1
+
+test -f touch-target || fail=1
+rm -f touch-target t-symlink
+
+if test $fail = 1; then
+  case $host_triplet in
+    *linux-gnu*)
+      case "$(uname -r)" in
+        2.3.9[0-9]*)
+          skip_ \
+'****************************************************
+WARNING!!!
+This version of the Linux kernel causes touch to fail
+when operating on dangling symlinks.
+****************************************************'
+          ;;
+      esac
+      ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+Exit $fail