ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120616

[ncurses.git] / ncurses / tinfo / write_entry.c

diff --git a/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c b/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c
index 0c992b66402e7ebe9bca5aa25f64c5524e7e5179..9fdfe59d97113c955b65478a772a9e725f15822f 100644 (file)
--- a/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c
+++ b/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define TRACE_OUT(p)           /*nothing */
 #endif
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: write_entry.c,v 1.84 2012/02/22 22:40:24 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: write_entry.c,v 1.86 2012/06/16 16:59:05 tom Exp $")
 
 static int total_written;
 
@@ -372,7 +372,22 @@ _nc_write_entry(TERMTYPE *const tp)
     if (start_time > 0 &&
        stat(filename, &statbuf) >= 0
        && statbuf.st_mtime >= start_time) {
+#if HAVE_LINK && !USE_SYMLINKS
+       /*
+        * If the file has more than one link, the reason for the previous
+        * write could be that the current primary name used to be an alias for
+        * the previous entry.  In that case, unlink the file so that we will
+        * not modify the previous entry as we write this one.
+        */
+       if (statbuf.st_nlink > 1) {
+           _nc_warning("name redefined.");
+           unlink(filename);
+       } else {
+           _nc_warning("name multiply defined.");
+       }
+#else
        _nc_warning("name multiply defined.");
+#endif
     }
 
     check_writeable(first_name[0]);