Add a -f option to forcefully create symlinks of

missing files.

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index af828b5..bc60299 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Pasi Kallinen <pkalli@cs.joensuu.fi>
 Rupert <rupert.debian@hotpop.com>
 Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>
 Joshua Neuheisel <jneuheisel@msn.com>
-Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@glug.org>
+Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@surf.glug.org>
 Joshua Neuheisel <jneuheisel@msn.com>
 Sylvain BEUCLER <beuc@beuc.net>
 Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au>
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bb2bbe1..1651143 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-07  Shawn Betts  <katia_dilkina@verizon.net>
+
+	* autogen.sh: Add a -f option to forcefully create symlinks of
+	missing files.
+
 2004-10-05  Shawn Betts  <katia_dilkina@verizon.net>
 
 	* src/actions.c (cmd_unsetenv): add an '=' to the string passed to
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index ac08b42..af80ec0 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-aclocal && autoheader && automake -a -c && autoconf
+# usage: ./autogen.sh [-f]
+# option "-f" means forcefully create symlinks for missing files
+#                   (by default: copies are made only if necessary)
+
+if [ x"$1" = x-f ]
+  then shift ; am_opt='--force'
+  else         am_opt='--copy'
+fi
+
+aclocal && autoheader && automake -a $am_opt && autoconf
+